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| | 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." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 113 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Access to the Prime Minister |
| | The National Statistician shall have right of direct access to the Prime Minister on any matter involving the integrity of official statistics or a dispute with a government department regarding official statistics." |
| | EARL OF NORTHESK
BARONESS NOAKES |
| | The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 24 stand part of the Bill. |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 114 | Page 10, line 25, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The report under subsection (1) shall cover public trust in offical statistics." |
| 115 | Page 10, line 25, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The report under subsection (1) shall cover compliance with the Code of Practice for National Statistics." |
| 116 | Page 10, line 25, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The report under subsection (1) shall include an appraisal of the discharge of the Board's duties under section 26." |
| 117 | Page 10, line 25, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The report under subsection (1) shall include a report on the work of the committee established under section 32(2A)." |
| 118 | Page 10, line 27, at beginning insert "both Houses of" |
| 119 | Page 10, line 35, at beginning insert "both Houses of" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 120 | Page 10, line 39, leave out "as soon as possible thereafter" and insert "concurrently" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 121 | Page 11, line 2, after "Board" insert "and the National Statistician" |
| 122 | Page 11, line 2, leave out "its" and insert "their" |
| 123 | Page 11, line 3, after "Board" insert "and the National Statistician" |
| 124 | Page 11, line 3, leave out "it imposes" and insert "they impose" |
| 124A | Insert the following new Clause— |
| (1) | The Board may locate its statistical activities in any place within the United Kingdom which it thinks necessary or expedient for the exercise of its functions. |
| (2) | In choosing a location or locations under subsection (1) the Board must take into account the need to— |
| (a) | recruit and retain suitably skilled and experienced employees; |
| (b) | maintain effective contacts with users of statistics, in particular within central government; and |
| (c) | maintain the influence of official statistics on policy." |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 125 | Page 11, line 6, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 126 | Page 11, line 6, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 127 | Page 11, line 17, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 128 | Page 11, line 17, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 129 | Page 11, line 24, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 130 | Page 11, line 24, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 131 | Page 11, line 31, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 132 | Page 11, line 31, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 133 | Page 11, line 33, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 134 | Page 11, line 33, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 135 | Page 11, line 36, leave out "in writing" and insert "by order" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 136 | Page 11, line 40, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING |
| 137 | Page 11, line 40, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 138 | Page 12, line 5, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 139 | Page 12, line 5, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 140 | Page 12, line 8, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 141 | Page 12, line 8, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 142 | Page 12, line 12, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 143 | Page 12, line 12, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| 144 | Page 12, line 13, leave out subsection (12) |
| 145 | Page 12, line 18, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Cabinet Office" |
| | LORD NEWBY
LORD OAKESHOTT OF SEAGROVE BAY |
| 146 | Page 12, line 18, leave out "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and insert "Prime Minister" |
| | BARONESS NOAKES
LORD HOWARD OF RISING
LORD MOSER |
| | The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 27 stand part of the Bill. |
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