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The commissioner would also need consent from the individual before starting an investigation constraining the commissioner’s independence and possibly leading to junior staff facing pressure to withhold consent. The anonymity protections the Government brought forward would relate only to investigations under this section. This would remove the anonymity protections the Government are proposing to include. With no investigative powers, no parliamentary oversight, narrower scope and constraining the commissioner’s independence, why would anyone, including the commissioner, want to use this route?