Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [HL]

I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. It has given me enormous pleasure to see that the Minister, in spite of his poor health, has given his normal bravura performance, which must be an example to anyone aspiring to be a Minister. I recognise the difficulty of defining ““additionality””, to which the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, has drawn attention. While these amendments may not be perfect, they are a considerable improvement on what we already have. The basic problem is that Big—or, as the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, suggested the other day, the ““resurrection fund””—is perceived in a quite different manner by the general public from the way in which the Government see it. The general public regard it as a sort of branch of the government, while the Government regard it as entirely independent. While those two views cannot be reconciled, there is not a great deal more to be said, so I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 15 agreed to. Schedule 3 [Further provision about the functions of the Big Lottery Fund]: