I hope that I may intervene. Both roles were spelt out in 2000 in the framework and were assigned to the National Statistician and to the commission. However, they do not appear in this Bill—they have gone. The Minister’s argument is that it will all happen as though they were in the Bill. I find that very difficult to accept.
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Jenkin of Roding
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 May 2007.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Statistics and Registration Service Bill.
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