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Charities Bill [HL]

While the Minister is cogitating on that fast ball from the noble Lord, Lord   Hodgson of Astley Abbotts—and I think the   answer is ““no””—I ask him whether he might reconsider the wording of this amendment. It is an entirely meritorious attempt to make things clearer, but does not take account of the fact that there are some quite large charitable trusts that are oral, with no enactment or document. I think, for example, of Children in Need, which operated for several years on an oral trust. The Penlee lifeboat disaster fund was an oral trust. This only deals with enactments or documents. I would also recommend that, in reviewing the   wording, the amendment should start by saying ““any direct or indirect reference in any enactment or   document””. Those are my two, hopefully helpful, comments.