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Statistics and Registration Service Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 18 June 2007, in the House of Lords.
Statistics and Registration Service Bill. Lords report stage. Amendments agreed to on question.

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Reference

693 c12-65 

Session

2006-07

Department

Treasury

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Statistics and Registration Service Bill. As amended in Committee.
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Statistics and Registration Service Bill. As amended on Report.
Monday, 18 June 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Dearing | 693 c12-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 3, page 2, line 15, at end insert— ““(d) one person who is appoin...
Lord Newby | 693 c13-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is attached to the amendment, along with that of the noble Lord, Lord Dearing. It ...

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Lord Jenkin of Roding | 693 c14-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had thought that I might address the issue on which the noble Lords, Lord Dearing and Lo...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c15 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment would add another category of consultee to Clause 3(4), but our preference w...
Lord Dearing | 693 c15 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if I could just respond by saying to the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin of Roding—
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c15-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps it would help if I made a contribution, as the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, rightly a...
Lord Turnbull | 693 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the original Bill, there were two defects. The first was that the concept of national s...
Lord Newby | 693 c40-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Baroness, we are grateful to the Government for having listened to the deba...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these amendments and for listening to the proceedings...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c35-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: 6: Clause 10, page 5, line 20, leave out ““National”” The noble Lord said:...
Lord Howard of Rising | 693 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, even though I am afraid that I do not agree with what ...
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting | 693 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as we have heard, this amendment or ones like it have been discussed on many occasions and...
Lord Newby | 693 c33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add one point to those already made, which relates to the second part of the amendment a...
Lord Moser | 693 c43 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise only because I fussed about this point at every stage of Bill. My reactions are the...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 693 c43 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, is right on that last point. In my experience in th...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 693 c42-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my thanks for the amendments tabled by the Government, which go a long way to meet t...
Lord Dearing | 693 c17 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that positive reply. I entirely agree with the point that the nob...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 693 c21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the points that I would have made have already been made by other speakers, but I want to ...
Lord Moser | 693 c20-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had many months of discussion on the Bill—public discussion and consultation and d...
Lord Newby | 693 c19-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendments in this group have become known as the muddle amendments. The noble Barones...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c17-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2: 2: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause— ““Role of members (1) S...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Clause 7, page 4, line 27, leave out second ““and”” The noble Baroness ...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c24-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for all those comments which will have put to rest some of the concer...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c22-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had a useful debate on one of the core aspects of the Bill. As the House will reco...
Lord Turnbull | 693 c21-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at Second Reading and in Committee, I was more or less a lone voice in arguing for a unita...
Lord Newby | 693 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is attached to the amendment and I shall speak briefly to two aspects of it. The f...
Lord Dearing | 693 c28 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these two amendments. When I consider what is proposed and how the board might f...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 693 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the Minister will accept my noble friend’s amendment. Both my noble friend and...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c29 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the objective set out in Clause 7 is the cornerstone of the Bill it is right that the H...
Lord Chorley | 693 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I first saw this amendment, I wondered whether it was really necessary. The Minister ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are on Report. I am not prepared to go into a wide discourse now about a range of other...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 693 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord may remember, when I referred to the Bill at a much earlier stage—in the...
Lord Howard of Rising | 693 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 5: 5: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause— ““Co-ordination and con...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, and I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in thi...
Lord Moser | 693 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important amendment, and I hope that the Minister will accept it. This legislat...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 693 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have sought to make these points at various stages of the Bill’s proceedings. On Second ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c46 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 22: 22: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause— ““Requests for assess...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c46 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 17: 17: Clause 12, page 6, line 41, leave out ““National”” On Question, amendm...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c45-6 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 15: 15: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty to continue to...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c46-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 23: 23: Clause 24, page 10, line 12, at end insert— ““( ) The report under sub...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c43-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I think we are reac...
Lord Newby | 693 c45 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, I am slightly mystified. I did not think that the board h...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c45 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the issue of national statistics—official statistics which are largely the statistics of g...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c45 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, several of us have raised the question of why the code is...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c45 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the intention is that the code should apply as widely as possible within the framework of ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c65 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentsNos. 39 and 40: 39: Clause 61, page 30, line 14, at end insert— ““( ) A statutory ...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c65 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 61 [Orders...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c65 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 38: 38: Clause 61, page 30, line 3, at end insert— ““( ) A statutory instrument...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c61 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentsNos. 34 and 35: 34: Clause 30, page 13, line 24, leave out subsection (2) and inse...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c61 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 33: 33: Clause 29, page 13, line 19, at end insert— ““(3) The Head of Assessmen...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c61-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 37: 37: Before Clause 34, insert the following new Clause— ““Information Commi...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c61 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 36: 36: Clause 32, page 14, line 10, leave out ““National”” On Question, amend...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c63-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we must be getting near the end of Report if the noble Baroness can refer to any part of i...
Earl of Erroll | 693 c63 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support this extremely important proposed new clause. One of the major problems that is ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c65 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall also look at that very closely before Third Reading.
Baroness Noakes | 693 c64-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that statement and the noble Earl, Lord Erroll, for his comments....
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c60-1 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentsNos. 29 to 32: 29: Clause 28, page 12, line 37, leave out subsections (5) to (8) ...
Lord Newby | 693 c60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope the Minister will not object too strongly if I completely disagree with his last po...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c60 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 27: 27: Clause 28, page 12, line 31, leave out ““National”” On Question, amend...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c59-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am gratefulto noble Lords for speaking to this amendment, although the previous debate p...
Lord Howard of Rising | 693 c59 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we continueto support this amendment and hope that the Government will consider carefully ...
Lord Newby | 693 c58-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 26: 26: Clause 27, page 12, line 23, at end insert— ““( ) The National Statist...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c58 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moser, for taking part in this debate. I hear what the Minis...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c56-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment seeks to establish that the National Statistician will have direct access to...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c55-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 25: 25: Before Clause 27, insert the following new Clause— ““Access to the Pri...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c52-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in seeking to reassure the noble Viscount on that last point, I wish to avoid going into t...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 693 c54 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have listened to my noble friend’s overkill on how we perceive the location question. I...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c55 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I did refer to that in broad terms. Of course the move is causing some difficulty and anxi...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c55 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Newby, said, ...
Lord Newby | 693 c51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in an ideal world, both amendments would be unnecessary. The first deals with resources an...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 693 c50-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to disagree with my noble friend on the Front Bench, but we are debating a grou...
Viscount Eccles | 693 c51-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I ask the Minister to address the point about adequate resources in a slightly different w...
Lord Northbrook | 693 c51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support both these important amendments. With regard to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Amendm...
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting | 693 c50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but we are talking about the location o...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 693 c47-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as this is my sole contribution to our debates on Report, I trust that the House will indu...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c45 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 10: 10: Clause 11, page 6, line 10, leave out ““National”” On Question, amendm...
Lord Moser | 693 c56 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment, and I speak only because my name was mentioned. It is true that i...

Subjects

Disclosure of information
Data protection
Accountability
Immigration
Local government
Northern Ireland
Local government finance
Public appointments
Office for National Statistics
Scotland
Statistics
Standards
Wales
UK Statistics Authority

Legislation

Statistics and Registration Service Bill 2006-07

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