§ Mr. RentonI beg to move, in page 11, line 35, to leave out "(6)" and to insert (7)".
I owe it to my hon. Friend the Member for Westbury (Sir R. Grimston) to say that it was he in Standing Committee who suggested that urban district councils, as well as county councils and borough councils, should have power to maintain local registers under Clause 10 and carry out reviews of local charities under Clause 11. He was heavily supported on both sides of the Committee, and I said that I would consider the matter.
These Amendments are the result of my undertaking. They are the same in substance as those which my hon. Friend moved in Committee, except that we have inserted a small safeguard with the object of preventing over-zealousness and saving trouble and expense. Our safeguard is that we say that there should be a resolution by the urban district council before the Commissioners are asked to incur the trouble and expense of making extracts from the central register.
§ Sir Robert Grimston (Westbury)I rise for the sole purpose of thanking my hon. and learned Friend for inserting these Amendments. I think that the Standing Committee, as he said, inclined to the view which I then put forward. My hon. and learned Friend said that he would go into the matter, and I had no doubt that he would do so. I rise merely to thank him for doing so.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Bill reported, with Amendments; as amended (in the Standing Committee, and on recommittal), considered.