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Charities Bill [HL]

My Lords, I would like to be able to say, ““Yes, of course we can do that””, but the noble Lord is asking for something I cannot deliver, and I think he knows that. I said that this is best dealt with not in the legislative straitjacket that can sometimes be created but by way of an internal commission review. I am sure the noble Lords, Lord Phillips and Lord Hodgson, will want to make some representations to the commission on what they both consider to be important issues. My understanding is that the commission will be flexible in the way it responds. It understands the point the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, made about charities being ““trussed up””. We have gone a long way on this, but I cannot give that assurance. It would be quite wrong of me to do so, and I think the noble Lord understands that. Amendment No. 15 not moved. Clause 44 [Merger of charities]: