The hon. Lady is saying that statistics should not be spun. She said earlier that confidence is at an ““all-time low””, citing one statistic—17 per cent.—from one survey. She should know that in order to suggest that something is at an all-time low one needs a sequence of at least two statistics—it is not good enough merely to cite one.
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Rob Marris
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 January 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Statistics and Registration Service Bill.
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