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Charities Bill [HL]

Perhaps I can deal first   with the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord   Campbell of Alloway. I am not at the Dispatch Box to question the advice that we are given by the Ministry of Defence. It has had an entirely consistent position all the way through, supporting and aiding our consideration of the Bill. I have made it plain—and I think that the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbots, agrees—that Clause 2 accurately lists the descriptions and headings of charitable purposes. The twelfth heading, paragraph (l), answers the noble Lord’s point on service charities.