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Charities Bill [Lords]

The hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point, so let me cite an example that does not deal with discrimination. It comes from a rather unlikely source—I found it on the Charity Commission’s website only yesterday. The commission recently accepted the promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of the public as a charitable purpose, and it gives some guidance for people wishing to promote religious harmony. Under the heading, ““Religion and Other Belief Systems””, it says:"““This new purpose is about promoting harmony or reducing conflict; it is not restricted to promoting harmony between religions that are recognised by charity law. Since ““religion”” in this context is not confined to the charity law definition we believe this would also embrace ““beliefs”” as defined in human rights case law. It also includes the promotion of harmony between believers and non-believers.””" So the Charity Commission itself is advising people to regard religion and belief as—