This may be the hon. Lady’s interpretation of the argument that we are actually having about Ministers’ having information too far in advance. If I quote a headline to her—"““Many Londoners believe Muslims get more than a fair deal””"
—does she understand from it that 77 per cent. of those surveyed did not agree, and that 23 per cent. were described as ““many””? That is the kind of misleading start to information that stops people reading the figures, and allows Ministers to get away with what they should not get away with. It is an argument for figures being announced first and then Ministers trying to put a spin on them, rather than the other way around.
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Bottomley
(Conservative)
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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