Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL]

I am grateful to the Minister for that answer. As I made clear at the start, these are probing amendments and I was not seeking to introduce any unnecessary rigidity into the legislation. I am no clearer than I was at the beginning about how the Government view the three purposes. I am also slightly unclear about the extent to which the Government envisage that they will, or can, direct the Big Lottery Fund in terms of making payments within the three heads. Clause 21 states that a direction may, "““specify matters to be taken into account … specify purposes … relate to the process … [and] relate to … terms and conditions””. " It does not explicitly say that a direction can set priorities between the three purposes. It may be, as the Minister implies, that the Government do not have the faintest idea how they will spend the money that comes in and that they will wait to see whether they get any before doing so. None the less, I would have hoped, even at this stage, that the Government might be able to give a slightly more clear indication of where their priorities lie. However, as I said at the start, these are probing amendments and therefore I beg leave to withdraw Amendment No. 51. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 52 not moved.]