Clause 14 - Functions
National Lottery Bill
9:30 am
Andrew Turner (Shadow Minister (Charities), (Assisted By Shadow Law Officers); Isle of Wight, Conservative)
Subsection (4), to which the wide-ranging power appears to be subordinate, only prevents the Secretary of State from giving certain directions relating to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Although he has shed some of his all-embracing power in relation to those countries—merely to hand it over to another body—he has absolute control of the Big Lottery Fund in England. That is the position.