Statistics and Registration Service Bill
MARSHALLED
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
The amendments have been marshalled in accordance with the Instruction of 19th April 2007, as follows—
Clauses 1 to 23
Schedule 1
Clauses 24 to 43
Schedule 2
Clauses 44 to 57 | Schedule 3
Clauses 58 to 70
Schedule 4
Clauses 71 to 73 |
[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]
Amendment
No.
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 1 | Insert the following new Clause— |
"PART A1
The Commission for Official Statistics
| | The Commission for Official Statistics |
| | "Commission for Official Statistics |
| (1) | There shall be a commission to be known as the Commission for Official Statistics (in this Act called "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) shall have effect as regards the Commission." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| | The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 2 stand part of the Bill. |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 2 | Page 1, line 15, leave out "executive and" |
| 3 | Page 2, line 1, leave out "non-executive" |
| 4 | Page 2, line 2, after "Majesty" insert "on the recommendation of the Commission" |
| 5 | Page 2, line 3, leave out "five" and insert "six" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 6 | Page 2, line 3, leave out "five" and insert "eight" |
| 7 | Page 2, line 3, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 8 | Page 2, line 3, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 9 | Page 2, line 4, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 10 | Page 2, line 4, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 11 | Page 2, line 7, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 12 | Page 2, line 7, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 13 | Page 2, line 9, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 14 | Page 2, line 9, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 15 | Page 2, line 11, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 16 | Page 2, line 11, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| 17 | Page 2, line 12, at end insert ", and |
| (d) | one person who is appointed by the Treasury to represent the interests of English local and regional government" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 18 | Page 2, line 13, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 19 | Page 2, line 13, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 20 | Page 2, line 15, leave out subsection (6) |
| 21 | Page 2, line 20, at end insert— |
| "( ) | Appointments may be made under this section only if the persons appointed have been selected by way of an open competition overseen by persons who are independent of the Board and the Treasury." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 22 | Page 2, line 29, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 23 | Page 2, line 29, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 24 | Page 2, line 43, leave out subsection (5) |
| 25 | Page 3, line 3, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Commission" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 26 | Page 3, line 3, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 27 | Page 3, line 5, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 28 | Page 3, line 7, at end insert ", provided that the total time that a non-executive member may be appointed as a member of the Board does not exceed 10 years" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 29 | Page 3, line 13, after "Majesty" insert "on the recommendation of the Commission" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 30 | Page 3, line 14, leave out paragraph (b) and insert— |
| "(b) | employed to operate independently of the Board with scrutiny and oversight of the role provided by the Board" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 31 | Page 3, line 20, at end insert— |
| "( ) | An employee shall cease to be an executive member of the Board if his employment by the Board ceases for whatever reason." |
| 32 | Page 3, line 20, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The non-executive members of the Board may remove an executive member of the Board by notice in writing, but such removal shall not of itself constitute the cessation of that member's employment by the Board." |
| 33 | Page 3, line 24, leave out "numbers and" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 34 | Page 3, line 34, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 35 | Page 4, line 19, at end insert "and of ensuring high levels of public trust in official statistics" |
| 36 | Page 4, line 23, at end insert "at national and local levels" |
| | EARL OF NORTHESK
BARONESS NOAKES |
| 37 | Page 4, line 23, at end insert ", and |
| ( ) | establishing and maintaining the accuracy, integrity and transparency of statistics for the benefit of the individual citizen." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 38 | Page 4, line 23, at end insert ", and |
| ( ) | meeting the information needs of users of statistics" |
| | EARL OF NORTHESK
BARONESS NOAKES |
| 39 | Page 4, line 33, at end insert "and ensuring appropriate data protection safeguards in respect of the raw data from which official statistics are derived" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER
LORD NEWBY |
| 40 | Page 4, line 36, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Board is to monitor the functions of the National Statistician." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 41 | Page 4, line 36, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Board's function under subsection (1) includes monitoring the consistency of official statistics across government departments and across the United Kingdom." |
| 42 | Page 4, line 36, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Board is to monitor the arrangements for— |
| (a) | the release of official statistics, and |
| (b) | any access to official statistics in their final form prior to publication." |
| 43 | Page 4, line 36, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Board is to keep under review whether official statistics meet the information needs of users." |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 44 | Page 4, line 37, leave out "may" and insert "must" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 45 | Page 4, line 40, at end insert "or |
| (d) | the way that official statistics have been misinterpreted whether by Ministers, departments, civil servants or otherwise." |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 46 | Page 5, line 1, leave out "may" and insert "must" |
| 47 | Page 5, line 1, at end insert— |
| "(4) | The Board shall have responsibility to monitor and assess the performance of the National Statistician against the assigned responsibilities." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 48 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Monitoring and reporting public trust |
| (1) | The Board is to carry out research to determine the level of public trust in particular official statistics and in official statistics in general. |
| (2) | The Board is to publish the findings of its research under this section." |
| 49 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| (1) | The Board is to monitor the resources that are available for the production and publication of official statistics. |
| (2) | If the Board has any concerns about the resources that are available for the production and publication of official statistics it may report such concerns to the person responsible for those statistics and to the Treasury. |
| (3) | Any report made under subsection (2) may be published and must be laid before each House of Parliament." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 50 | Page 5, line 3, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 51 | Page 5, line 7, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 52 | Page 5, line 8, at end insert ", taking account of the principles set out in the European Statistics Code of Practice, the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and any other relevant international codes or agreements" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 53 | Page 5, line 9, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER
LORD NEWBY |
| 54 | Page 5, line 12, leave out "National" and insert "Official" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 55 | Page 5, line 13, at end insert "within 12 months of being established" |
| 56 | Page 5, line 13, at end insert "and to monitor compliance with it" |
| 57 | Page 5, line 13, at end insert— |
| "(1A) | The Code shall include rules and principles relating to the access to official statistics in their final form prior to publication ("pre-release access"), including— |
| (a) | the circumstances in which, or descriptions of statistics in relation to which, pre-release access may or may not be granted; |
| (b) | the persons, or descriptions of persons, to whom pre-release access may be granted; |
| (c) | the period, or maximum period, during which pre-release access may be so granted; |
| (d) | the conditions subject to which pre-release access may be granted. |
| (1B) | The Code may make different provision for different cases." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 58 | Page 5, line 13, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Code shall include rules and principles relating to the release of official statistics, including— |
| (a) | the location from which the release of official statistics may be made; |
| (b) | the time at which the release of official statistics may be made; and |
| (c) | the identification of the person or persons who are responsible for the release of official statistics." |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY
LORD JENKIN OF RODING
LORD MOSER |
| 59 | Page 5, line 13, at end insert— |
| "( ) | All official statistics as defined in section 6 shall be National Statistics unless rejected by the Board under sections 12 and 13." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 60 | Page 5, line 15, at end insert— |
| "( ) | In preparing or revising the Code, the Board shall take account of the principles set out in the European Statistics Code of Practice, the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and any other relevant international codes or agreements." |
| 61 | Page 5, line 16, at end insert— |
| | EARL OF NORTHESK
BARONESS NOAKES |
| 62 | Page 5, line 19, after "Ireland," insert— |
| "( ) | the Information Commissioner," |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 63 | Page 5, line 20, at end insert ", and |
| 64 | Page 5, line 20, at end insert— |
| "( ) | All those who produce National Statistics must conform with the Code unless the Board accepts and publishes any case for deviation, consulting the Board on matters of interpretation as necessary, and reporting any breach of the Code to the Board." |
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