Clause 8
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
2:30 pm
Bill Olner (Nuneaton, Labour)
With this it will be convenientto discuss the following amendments: No. 18, in clause 8, page 4, line 33, at end insert—
‘(d) the funding and staffing resources allocated to the production of any official statistics,’.
No. 193, in clause 8, page 4, line 33, at end insert—
‘(d) the effective use of statistics to inform public policy,’.
No. 88, in clause 8, page 4, line 35, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.
No. 99, in clause 8, page 4, line 35, at end insert—
‘(4) Where it considers it to be appropriate, the Board shall provide public comment on cases where it considers that official statistics have been incorrectly interpreted by ministers, departments or other civil servants.’.