To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports full implementation of the recommendations in the report of the Scottish Charity Law Commission including recommendations to modernise charity law and create a new definition of "public benefit", an independent regulator, a transparent register of charities and a single point for advice on charity law compliance.

The information requested is given in the Scottish Executives response to the report of the Scottish Charity Law Review Commission published on 16 December 2002, a copy of which is available in the Parliaments Reference Centre (Bib. number 25562).