Clause 7 - National Lottery Distribution Fund: apportionment
National Lottery Bill
12:00 pm
Andrew Selous (Whip, Whips; South West Bedfordshire, Conservative)
The Minister mentioned residents' associations, mutuals and social enterprises—all excellent organisations that we want to prosper in our constituencies. Would they not be covered by section 44(i)(b) of the 1993 Act, which states:
'' 'charitable expenditure' '' means expenditure—
(a) by charities, or
(b) by institutions, other than charities, that are established for charitable purposes (whether or not those purposes are charitable within the meaning of any rule of law), benevolent purposes or philanthropic purposes;''
My question to the Minister is straightforward. Are not residents associations, mutuals and social enterprises covered by that provision?