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Proceeding contribution from Paul Flynn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 January 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Statistics and Registration Service Bill.

Statistics and Registration Service Bill

I believe that it was in 1989 that the responsibility for statistics was transferred from the Cabinet Office to the Treasury. That caused considerable concern, and I received a letter from the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to say that although the Treasury had the greatest vested interest in fiddling the figures, one should respect its integrity. Should not the hon. Lady consider the Bill—which has been described as arguably the most important and radical reforming Bill of this Parliament—with a little more generosity, and with guilt for what happened to national statistics during the dark age between 1979 and 1997?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
455 c47 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Access Assessments Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Databases Codes of practice Abuse Accountability Departmental responsibilities Finance Freedom of information Government departments Economic situation Government information services NHS Northern Ireland Membership Public appointments Property transfer Publications Parliamentary scrutiny Staff Publishing Office for National Statistics Scotland Statistics Registration Standards Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships Research Retail prices index Statistics Commission UK Statistics Authority
Legislation
Statistics and Registration Service Bill 2006-07
Link
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