Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:52 pm on 12 March 2001.
Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2:52,
12 March 2001
My Lords, the matter will not be solely in the hands of the Charity Commissioners. We shall have the legislation on the statute book which will enable the police to investigate and the prosecution authorities to prosecute if they deem that to be appropriate having found the evidence upon which to found those prosecutions. So we are looking at the matter with increasing particularity. We have a realistic prospect of creatively bringing about change.