Statistics and Registration Service Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 3—Role and objectives of the National Statistician— ‘(1) The role and objectives of the National Statistician shall include— (a) producing statistics; (b) co-ordinating statistical planning and production across government departments; and (c) promoting consistency in the production of statistics across the United Kingdom. (2) The National Statistician shall be the Government’s chief advisor on statistics, including on matters relating to the planning, production and quality of official statistics. (3) The National Statistician shall provide professional leadership to all persons within government who are engaged in statistical production or release.’. Amendment No. 42, in clause 5, page 3, leave out lines 18 and 19 and insert— ‘(b) employed to operate independently of the Board with scrutiny and oversight of the role provided by the Board.’. Amendment No. 8, in clause 6, page 3, line 38, leave out ‘Board’ and insert ‘National Statistician’. Amendment No. 9, in clause 7, page 4, line 21, leave out subsection (1). Government amendment No. 48 Amendment No. 1, in clause 7, page 4, line 22, after ‘safeguarding’, insert ‘for the public good’. Amendment No. 43, in clause 8, page 4, line 39, at end insert— ‘(4) The Board shall have responsibility to monitor and assess the performance of the National Statistician against the assigned responsibilities.’. Amendment No. 10, in clause 18, page 8, line 17 , leave out ‘Board’ and insert ‘National Statistician’. Amendment No. 11, in clause 18, page 8, line 19, leave out ‘Board’ and insert ‘National Statistician’. Amendment No. 12, in clause 18, page 8, line 21 , leave out ‘Board’ and insert ‘National Statistician’. Amendment No. 14, in clause 18, page 8, line 25, leave out ‘Board’ and insert ‘National Statistician’. Amendment No. 45, in clause 28, page 12, line 17, at end insert— ‘(5) The National Statistician is to be the Government’s principal advisor on statistics and shall provide professional leadership to all persons engaged in statistical production and publication.’. Amendment No. 15, in clause 29, page 12, line 19, leave out ‘Board’ and insert ‘executive office created under the provisions of subsection (5), below’. Amendment No. 39, page 12, line 27, at end insert— ‘(3A) The National Statistician shall— (a) promote the coordination of statistical planning and production across government; and (b) promote the production of statistics that are consistent across the UK.’. Amendment No. 46, page 12, line 28 , after ‘may’, insert ‘not’. Amendment No. 47, page 12, line 29, leave out ‘not’.