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Statistics and Registration Service Bill

I do not want there to be any lack of clarity. The amendment has nothing to do with the amendments that we moved successfully last week, which replaced ““Treasury”” with ““Cabinet Office”” on the residual functions that reside with the Government. This is a question of whether the National Statistician gains access to the Prime Minister through the Cabinet Secretary or goes directly to the Prime Minister. It is a matter of extreme importance because, had Mr Healey not said that he had to go through the Cabinet Secretary, I suspect that there would not have been such concern about the arrangements intended to operate for the National Statistician under the Bill. I should be grateful for the Minister’s clarification.