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Charities Bill [HL]

I thank my noble friend Lord Swinfen for his support and for his interesting suggestion that he made in his intervention towards the end of our short debate. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord   Shutt of Greetland, who made the point that, by their very nature, threshold levels are always behind events and always will be. I am disappointed that I have not been able to persuade the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. I never thought that there was much of nursie about the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. I always thought of a freer spirit than that. We need to do something to trust our fellow trustees of smaller charities. While, obviously, we have a review in 12 months, I am tempted to think that tomorrow never comes. The review will be closer to events, but it will still be a bit behind schedule. Then there will be a longer period before we are able to review it again. My feeling is that, as is so often the case, we talk in this House about wishing to reduce the regulatory burden, but when it comes to taking that vital step to do something, we shy away from it, which is a shame. I do not propose to take this matter any further today. I therefore beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 9 agreed to. Clause 10 agreed to. Clause 11 [Changes in exempt charities]: