Member

On the proposed new clause in Amendment 33, which concerns charities, the Minister might recall that I tabled three amendments to the NI Bill to exempt charities, social care homes and hospices. The Government did not accept any of those. Surely the Government want to help charities as much as possible, particularly those, such as hospices, that cannot raise revenue to compensate for any extra costs that this might incur to them. I therefore hope that the Government will consider this very carefully and show some flexibility.