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| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 65 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Compliance with the Code of Practice for National Statistics |
| | The Board, the National Statistician, government departments, the Scottish Administration, Welsh Minsterial authorities, Northern Ireland departments and any other person who produces or publishes official statistics shall— |
| (a) | comply with the Code; and |
| (b) | consult the Board on matters of interpretation of the Code where appropriate." |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 66 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | 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 the release, |
| (c) | the time period before which departmental or ministerial comment is not permitted." |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 67 | Page 5, line 22, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
| "(1) | The Board shall include in the Code of Practice the rules and principles relating to the granting of pre-release access to official statistics and shall keep such access to a minimum whilst having a duty to provide sufficiently for the needs of Ministers." |
| | LORD JENKIN OF RODING
LORD MOSER |
| 68 | Page 5, line 22, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
| "(1) | The Board shall include in the Code of Practice rules and principles relating to the granting of pre-release access to official statistics which shall keep such access to the minimum necessary to meet the needs of Ministers." |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 69 | Page 5, line 22, leave out "may not" and insert "shall" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY
LORD JENKIN OF RODING |
| 70 | Page 5, line 24, leave out subsections (2) and (3) |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 71 | Page 5, line 27, leave out subsection (3) |
| 72 | Page 5, line 36, leave out ", or maximum period," |
| 73 | Page 5, line 37, at end insert ", up to a maximum of two hours before general release" |
| 74 | Page 6, line 3, leave out subsections (6) and (7) |
| 75 | Page 6, line 4, leave out "Treasury" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| 76 | Page 6, line 15, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Board shall have the authority to initiate an assessment process to designate any set of official statistics as National Statistics with the provision that the board must inform the appropriate authority before initiating the process." |
| 77 | Page 6, line 15, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Board may, for the purposes of the Code, lay down rules and principles relating to the release of official statistics including, but not limited to— |
| (a) | the location from which the release shall be made, |
| (b) | the persons responsible for the release, |
| (c) | the time period during which departmental or ministerial comment on the release is not permitted." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| | The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 11 stand part of the Bill. |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 78 | Page 6, line 17, leave out "At the request of the appropriate authority" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY
LORD JENKIN OF RODING |
| 79 | Page 6, line 17, after "authority" insert ", or in such other cases as it considers appropriate," |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 80 | Page 6, line 18, leave out "National" and insert "Official" |
| 81 | Page 6, line 19, leave out "in relation to any" and insert "by the authorities responsible for producing" |
| 82 | Page 6, line 20, at end insert— |
| "( ) | 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 has been complied with in relation to any official statistics, provided that it consults the authority responsible for producing those statistics before commencing the assessment." |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY
LORD JENKIN OF RODING |
| 83 | Page 6, line 20, at end insert— |
| "( ) | Where the Board exercises its power to initiate the assessment process under subsection (1), it must consult with the appropriate authority before initiating the assessment process." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 84 | Page 6, line 21, leave out subsections (2) and (3) |
| 85 | Page 6, line 31, leave out subsections (7) and (8) |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 86 | Page 7, line 3, 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." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 87 | Page 7, line 7, leave out "designated as National Statistics" and insert "assessed" |
| 88 | Page 7, line 9, leave out subsection (2) |
| 89 | Page 7, line 19, leave out subsection (6) |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 90 | Page 8, line 2, after "publish" insert "— |
| 91 | Page 8, line 2, leave out from "of" to end of line 4 and insert "official statistics, showing for each statistic or group of statistics when they were last assessed by the Board against the Code of Practice for Official Statistics and the result of that assessment" |
| 92 | Page 8, line 4, at end insert ", and |
| (b) | a list of all persons granted pre-release access under the provisions of section 10(1A) and the terms of such access." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 93 | Page 8, line 15, leave out subsection (4) |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 94 | Page 8, line 21, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 95 | Page 8, line 21, leave out "itself" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 96 | Page 8, line 23, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 97 | Page 8, line 25, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 98 | Page 8, line 27, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 99 | Page 8, line 29, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 100 | Page 8, line 32, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 101 | Page 8, line 36, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 102 | Page 9, line 3, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 103 | Page 9, line 4, at end insert— |
| "( ) | If the Board is prevented from making a change to the Retail Price Index because the Chancellor of Exchequer has withheld his consent under subsection (3), it shall report that fact publicly." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 104 | Page 9, line 18, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | EARL OF NORTHESK
BARONESS NOAKES |
| 105 | Page 9, line 25, leave out ", adapting and developing" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 106 | Page 9, line 25, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Board shall charge for any services provided under this section and the charge for any service shall be not less than the full cost of delivering the service." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 107 | Page 9, line 27, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 108 | Page 9, line 30, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 109 | Page 9, line 32, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| 110 | Page 9, line 34, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 111 | Page 10, line 4, leave out "Board" and insert "National Statistician" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 112 | Insert the following new Schedule— |
| | COMMISSION FOR OFFICIAL STATISTICS |
| | 1 (1) Subject to paragraph 2 below, a member of the Commission shall vacate his office— |
| (a) | if he ceases to be a Member of the House of Commons or the House of Lords; |
| (b) | if another person is appointed in his place. |
| (2) | Subject to sub-paragraph (1) above, a member of the Commission shall hold office for the duration of the Parliament in which he is nominated or appointed and for a further period provided by paragraph 2 below. |
| (3) | A member of the Commission may resign at any time by notice to the Commission. |
| (4) | Past service is no bar to nomination or appointment as a member of the Commission. |
| | 2 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, on dissolution of Parliament, the members of the Commission shall continue in office until members are nominated or appointed in their place. |
| (2) | Where at any time after Parliament has been dissolved, it appears that a member of the Commission who is not a Member of the House of Lords— |
| (a) | has not been validly nominated as a candidate in the ensuing general election; or |
| (b) | although so nominated, has not been elected as a Member of Parliament at that election, |
| | that member shall resign from the Commission forthwith, but nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above or this sub-paragraph shall be taken as preventing any such member from resigning otherwise than in pursuance of this sub-paragraph. |
| | 3 The Commission shall elect a chairman from amongst its members. |
| | 4 (1) The validity of any proceedings of the Commission shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members of the Commission or by any defect in the appointment or nomination of any member. |
| (2) | The Commission may determine its own procedures." |
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