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Proceeding contribution from Bishop of Chelmsford (Bishops (affiliation)) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 10 January 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL].


Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL]

I support the tenor of those remarks. I have not checked the accuracy of my figures, but the Committee may be interested to know that it has been suggested that two-thirds of young people who are active in the churches live within the bounds of the M25. One of the reasons for that—whether the statistic is accurate or not—is that there are large numbers of young people in black churches. The remarks made by the noble Lord, Lord Shutt, about anxieties about the lottery would apply to some of those networks of churches. If we want the fund to be used comfortably for some of the innovative work that I am aware is being done among young people in places such as Brixton, it would help to deal with the issue of the name. ““Reawakened”” has certain religious tones that warm my heart, but whether it is right or not, there is some anxiety in the Committee about the word ““Big””. In some quarters, the word ““lottery”” might raise some anxieties, so if it could be tackled, it would be a good thing.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
697 c379GC 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Disclosure of information Codes of practice Assets Bank services Banks Building societies Fraud Education Environment Interest charges Lotteries Young people Repayments Big Lottery Fund Information Commissioner's Office Olympic Games 2012
Legislation
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
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