Clause 10
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
10:30 am
John Butterfill (Bournemouth West, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 92, in clause 10, page 5, line 15, at end insert—
‘(4) The Code shall include rules and principles relating to the granting of pre-release access to official statistics.
(5) The Board may, for the purposes of the Code, lay down rules and principles relating to the release of official statistics including specifying, inter alia—
(a) the location from which the release shall be made;
(b) the persons responsible for issuing the release; and
(c) a period, following release, during which time no departmental or ministerial comment is permitted in relation to the release.’.
No. 85, in clause 11, page 6, line 9, at end insert—
‘(9) The Board may, for the purposes of the Code, lay down rules and principles relating to the release of official statistics including, inter alia—
(a) the location from which the release shall be made;
(b) the persons responsible for issuing the release; and
(c) the time period before which departmental and ministerial comment is not permitted.’.