I have a lot of sympathy for what the hon. Gentleman is saying, because I recall exactly the same points being made two or three years ago during the passage of the National Lottery Bill. It was designed to do precisely what he is describing: to give the Big Lottery Fund much more independence from Government. I think that that Bill addressed that quite successfully, so there may be no need for any additional Bill. Does he agree that the problem is that the Bill before us tends to undermine that approach by, once again, giving Government the power to set strategic priorities for the BLF?
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Martin Horwood
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 October 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [Lords].
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