I was going to mention that. During the election, we put forward a proposal to give people a much greater say in how lottery money should be spent. I think that there is value in trying to find ways of doing that.
We are concerned that the Big Lottery Fund will be required to comply with policy directions issued by the Secretary of State, whereas the previous rules only required the community fund to take account of the policy directions given to it.
National Lottery Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness May of Maidenhead
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 June 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on National Lottery Bill.
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