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Proceeding contribution from Lord Brett (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 16 March 2009. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Official Statistics Order 2009.


Official Statistics Order 2009

I am not saying that that is entirely reasonable. What is entirely reasonable is to await the publication of the Select Committee report to see the views of those who examined this in another place. No doubt it will be debated and that will be an appropriate place to debate this issue. What we are seeking to debate here is the operation of the code for the future. I seek to reassure the Committee that we have taken action to prevent this kind of error taking place again. I was going to move on to deal with some of the other points, starting with the premise that—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
709 c32-3GC 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Government departments Public bodies Public opinion Monitoring Statistics Standards UK Statistics Authority
Legislation
Official Statistics Order 2009
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk