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Charities Bill [HL]

had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 23:"Page 9, line 24, at end insert—" ““(   )   In addition to the appeals and applications which may be made to the Tribunal pursuant to the provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act, the Attorney General or the Commission may of their own volition refer to the Tribunal such issues relating to the application of the charity law as they may consider should be reviewed and determined by the Tribunal.”” The noble Lord said: Amendment No. 23 deals with an issue that we have already debated quite extensively. We believe it is important and I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Phillips, for putting his name to it. I am sure that he will add elegance and legal sophistication to my rather crude opening shot. The amendment inserts a new subsection into the proposed new Section 2B, entitled ““Practice and procedure””.