Clause 53
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
1:15 pm
John Healey (Financial Secretary, HM Treasury; Wentworth, Labour)
During our discussions on the previous clause—the hon. Gentleman might like to check this in the official record—I said that all ONS property rights and liabilities will transfer to the statistics board. Beyond that, decisions about how those properties, or any others, and the work force are managed will be matters for the ONS and, in future, the statistics board. I hope that the hon. Gentleman accepts that those matters are not my responsibility.