National Lottery Bill

I am grateful for the Minister’s reply, which was not unexpected. I have two quick points to make. First, I entirely accept what my noble friend Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville said about there being an opportunity, when the Millennium Commission came to an end, to reconsider the amounts that would go to the distributing bodies. None of the examples that the Minister gave about the awards given out could not be made by the four bodies suggested in my amendment. They could all be made, so it would not be true to say that they could not. Another criticism was that this was going back. It is not; it is doing something entirely new—making four bodies, which has never been done before because there was always the Millennium Commission. It would solve most of the problems of additionality and prescription, and it would make life much easier. I recognise that I do not have as much support around the Committee as I would hope. Nevertheless, I think that my amendment is valid, and I wish to test the opinion of your Lordships’ House. On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 15) shall be agreed to? Their Lordships divided: Contents, 19; Not-Contents, 46. Clause 13 [Establishment]: