And the Executive wasconsulted around the wording, in respect of devolved administrations, for the HMTreasury UK wide consultation Independence for Statistics.Initial discussions on the Statisticsand Registration Service Bill explored the practical arrangements and the wordingof the bill to reflect Scotland’s inclusion in the bill or Scotland’s possibleexclusion from the bill.Once the Cabinet decision tojoin the UK arrangements had been taken the Executive focussed onworking with HM Treasury to ensure that the provisions of the bill were appropriatefor Scotland’s inclusion.Specific provisions secured fromthis work include one non-executive memberof the Statistics Board, created by the bill, to be appointed after consultationwith Scottish ministers and the board must lay...