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2: Clause 2, page 2, leave out line 10 and insert— “whether at the request of that public authority or, where the Minister considers it necessary in the public interest, on the Minister’s own initiative.”Member's explanatory statement This would enable the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through the PSFA, to undertake proactive investigations or recovery actions in respect of suspected fraud against a public authority, without requiring a prior request from that authority, while preserving the authority’s own fraud functions under subsection (5).