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Charities Bill [HL]

My Lords, I hope that I can reassure the noble Lord. I am rather surprised that he has raised the issue in the way in which he has. What we have tried to do—unusually with this piece of legislation—is be more flexible, imaginative and focused. It should work where it is appropriate; that is what we are after. I take the noble Lord’s point about regulation driving us towards risk aversion but this is a sensitive regulator that acts intelligently. I am sure that this clause will be applied sensibly and that the Charity Commission will have listened to what the noble Lord said—and to all of us who have been involved in the debates on this issue—and will take very careful note. We do not want it to go wrong. On Question, amendment agreed to.