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Royal Mint Advisory Committee

My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Chloe Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In accordance with the Cabinet Office's guidance on public bodies, I have launched a review of the Advisory Committee on the Design of Coins, Medals, Seals and Decorations, also known as the Royal Mint Advisory Committee. This review will examine the committee's functions and whether it should exist at arm's length from Government. If it does, the review will go on to examine whether the committee's control and governance arrangements continue to meet the recognised principles of good corporate governance. I will inform the House of the outcome of the review when it is completed.