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National Lottery Bill

I, too, am aware of the pressure of time, so I shall be brief. First, I want to place it on record that my party supports amendments Nos. 6, 7 and 8, but I have one question for the Minister in respect of amendment No. 9, which would delete clause 9 from the Bill. We believe that clause 9 would be to the detriment of the Heritage Lottery Fund and cause it to lose an estimated £15 million a year. On Second Reading, the Minister said that nothing in the Bill would allow money to be taken from heritage and spent on something else. In Committee, however, he said that my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Mr. Foster) was right to think that heritage would lose out from interest accrued on large balances, as that interest would be distributed. Will the Minister clarify those apparently conflicting statements?