State Development Department

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:31): Another supplementary, Mr President. Can I just understand whether the minister's last answer clarified that, given that there are a number of ministers to whom these chief executives will report—and I will not list them—is the minister indicating that she is the minister who has been given responsibility for managing the merger of the two agencies into one on 1 July?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (16:32): I have given as much detail as I had, and that is that I have been appointed the minister responsible for the administration of the new department and all the responsibilities that that entails, so they will be directly reporting to me.