Clause 19
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
5:45 pm
Celia Barlow (PPS (Ian Pearson, Minister of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Hove, Labour)
The hon. Lady mentioned the necessity of a safeguard. Would it not be more appropriate if that safeguard were the Chancellor acting as an arbiter between the board and the Bank, given that that has been his traditional responsibility and index-linked gilts are part of our national borrowing?