Clause 3
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
5:15 pm
Bill Olner (Nuneaton, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 177, in page 2, line 4, leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Chairman of the Commission’.
No. 186, in page 2, line 5, at end insert—
‘(3A) No appointment shall be made under subsection (2) until it has been approved by the Commission established under section (Establishment of a Commission for Official Statistics).’.
No. 187, in page 2, line 5, at end insert—
‘(3A) Appointments made under subsection (2) shall be subject to review by the Commission established under section (Establishment of a Commission for Official Statistics) within one year of their having been made.
(3B) The Commission shall produce a report on any review carried out under subsection (3A) and shall lay it before each House of Parliament.’.
No. 178, in page 2, line 7, leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Chairman of the Commission’.
No. 179, in page 2, line 9, leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Chairman of the Commission’.
No. 180, in page 2, line 11, leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Chairman of the Commission’.
No. 181, in clause 4, page 2, line 29, leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Chairman of the Commission’.
No. 182, in clause 4, page 3, line 3, leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Chairman of the Commission’.
No. 183, in clause 58, page 28, line 17, leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Chairman of the Commission’.
New clause 2—Establishment of a Commission for Official Statistics—
‘(1) There shall be a commission name the Commission for Official Statistics (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”) for the examination of the production, release and presentation of official statistics.
(2) The Commission shall consist of six members of the House of Commons appointed by the House of Commons and six Members of the House of Lords appointed by the House of Lords, none of whom shall be a Minister of the Crown.
(3) The Commission shall, from time to time, present to each House of Parliament a report on the exercise of its functions.
(4) Schedule (Commission for Official Statistics) to this Act shall have effect as regards the Commission.’.
New schedule 1—
‘Schedule 1A
Commission for Official Statistics