Clause 12
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
4:30 pm
John Butterfill (Bournemouth West, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 143, in clause 12, page 6, line 12, leave out ‘National’ and insert ‘official’.
No. 144, in clause 12, page 6, line 13, leave out ‘in relation to’ and insert ‘by the authorities responsible for producing’.
No. 184, in clause 12, page 6, line 14, at end insert—
‘(1A) In the absence of a request from the appropriate authority under subsection (1), the Board shall be permitted to assess and determine whether the Code of Practice has been complied with in relation to any official statistic, provided that it consults the authority responsible for producing a relevant statistic before commencing the assessment.’.
No. 145, in clause 12, page 6, leave out lines 15 to 18.
No. 146, in clause 12, page 6, leave out lines 25 to 40.
No. 71, in clause 12, page 6, line 40, at end insert—
‘(9) The Board shall have the authority to initiate an assessment process to designate any set of official statistics as National Statistics.
(10) Before initiating a process under subsection (9), the Board shall inform the appropriate authority.’.
No. 148, in clause 14, page 7, line 17, leave out ‘and 13(1)’.