Statistics and Registration Service Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister for all those comments which will have put to rest some of the concerns that some people still have. I still think that the Government are muddled about what a unitary board is. When challenged on the idea of performance review, we were told that there is an element of review, but that there is also the head of the Civil Service. This board is not of the kind that has complete competence. I am not at all clear that all these issues are yet fully understood. Nevertheless, as I indicated in my opening remarks, we intend to support the Government’s amendments on this and hope that the muddle in the Bill does not affect the real world. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 7 [Objective]: