Clause 28
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
6:30 pm
Theresa Villiers (Shadow Chief Secretary To the Treasury, Treasury; Chipping Barnet, Conservative)
I had hoped to press for a vote on amendments Nos. 97 and 98, but because of time constraints, I will not. However, we will seek to return to the role and functions of the National Statistician on Report. For the reasons that we gave earlier, we feel that it is a flaw in the Bill that the National Statistician’s functions are insufficiently outlined. It is crucial to ensure that that role is heavyweight and has credibility and authority, which is why we will return to it.