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Charities Bill [HL]

I rise to comment on this very interesting amendment, which might even be described as a funky amendment, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Best. I am sympathetic in principle to what he is driving at, but, since it is a probing amendment, I wonder whether he has considered limiting the number of trustees under the age of 18 in order to prevent the rare but possible event of someone setting up a charity governed entirely by 16 year-olds. I also wonder whether the noble Lord, Lord Best, has been briefed about the impact of the general law of contract on charities and minors, given that trustees of an unincorporated charity will be entering into contracts in their own name and there could be complications. I raise these points in a spirit of support, rather than as mere criticism.