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Figures restricting Parliament's latest laws (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

statutes

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'laws' is the definition.
(I know this)

'figures restricting parliament's latest' is the wordplay.
'figures' becomes 'stats' (short for statistics).
'restricting' indicates putting letters inside.
'parliament's latest' becomes 'ute' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stats' going around 'ute' is 'STATUTES'.

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(Other definitions for statutes that I've seen before include "orders" , "rules" , "regulations" , "Laws passed by legislation" , "Written laws passed by Parliament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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