Whether it will ensure that (a) fully and (b) non-fully mutual housing co-operatives are able to obtain charitable status.

In the draft Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Bill we propose that any individual organisation meeting the charity test, by both having charitable purposes and being able to demonstrate that it provides a public benefit, will be eligible for charitable status. Granting charitable status to a category or class of charities, such as housing co-operatives, would involve a presumption of public benefit and would negate the value of having the public benefit test.