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Statistics and Registration Service Bill

My Lords, I beg to move that the Commons amendments be now considered. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to. [The page and line references are to Bill 53 as first printed for the Lords.] 12: Page 5, line 13, at end insert— "““(1A) The Code shall include rules and principles relating to the access to official statistics in their final form prior to publication (““pre-release access””), including—" (a) the circumstances in which, or descriptions of statistics in relation to which, pre-release access may or may not be granted; (b) the persons, or descriptions of persons, to whom pre-release access may be granted; (c) the period, or maximum period, during which pre-release access may be granted; and (d) the conditions subject to which pre-release access may be granted. "(1B) The Code may make different provision for different cases.””""15: Leave out Clause 11" The Commons insist on their disagreement with the Lords in their Amendments Nos. 12, 13, 15, 20, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 72, do not insist on their Amendments Nos. 15B and 15C, but propose Amendments 15D, 15E and 15F to the words restored to the Bill by disagreement with the Lords in their Amendment No. 15. "15D: Page 5, line 22, leave out ““National””""15E: Page 6, line 4, leave out ““Treasury”” and insert ““Minister for the Cabinet Office””""15F: Page 6, line 13, at end insert ““and the Board””"