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Sale of Student Loans Bill

It is an option that we may want to exercise in future if the ONS rules change. We could then use that mechanism as opposed to other mechanisms that can secure the Secretary of State's interest. I will describe how that would work. I also want to address the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris). In Committee, he raised the issue of whether the use of the word ““would”” would mean that the ONS might or definitely would classify such matters—