§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those agencies in his Departments which are being considered for privatisation or contractorisation.
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§ Mr. NelsonI refer the hon. Member to the answer which my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service and Science gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 17 November, at column104. The procedure outlined in that reply will, of course, apply to the three executive agencies for which I am responsible—the Royal Mint, launched 2 April 1990, the Valuation Office, launched 30 September 1991, and the Central Statistical Office, launched 19 November 1991. An announcement about the future status of each agency will be made at the appropriate time.