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Third Sector Review

No one is arguing that charities should be unable to undertake any campaigning. The hon. Gentleman says that I am making more of this issue than is justified. The Minister, in response to my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Mr. Tyrie), said that he did not want a change that would enable charities to devote all their time to campaigning. There was some question about whether he accepted that it might be a dominant part of what they did. In fact, the review says:"““The Government can see no objection—legal or other—to a charity pursuing that purpose””—" a charitable purpose—"““wholly or mainly through political activities””." It is not therefore an issue that we are blowing up out of proportion and it is not completely consistent with what the Minister said.