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Question for short debate on Monday, 1 June 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Hamilton of Epsom. The answering member was Lord Brett.


Government Statistics

Lords question for short debate on what steps they are taking to secure confidence in the use of government statistics.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
711 c77-96 
Session
2008-09
Department
Cabinet Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-1686
Monday, 15 June 2009
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Brett | 711 c95 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, it was a Home Office statement. The question of No. 10 and special advisers, or who...
Lord Howard of Rising | 711 c95 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the noble Lord saying that the Prime Minister is not responsible for what comes out of ...
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Lord Brett | 711 c94 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord knows that Select Committee reports are jealously guarded by Select Committ...
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 711 c95 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister not accept that the knife crime figures came from an official in No. 10 ...
Lord Brett | 711 c95-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I love it when noble Lords ask disingenuous questions to which they know the answer. It is...
Lord Lipsey | 711 c83-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, illustrated in his excellent introduction to this debate...
Viscount Eccles | 711 c86 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky, in my noble friend Lord Hamilto...
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston | 711 c87-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, for the opportunity to debate this i...
Viscount Goschen | 711 c88 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a visitor to your Lordships' House this evening could conclude that approximately 15 per c...
Lord Newby | 711 c90-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, for introducing the debate, which ha...
Lord Brett | 711 c92-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, on securing this d...
Lord Howard of Rising | 711 c91-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Hamilton of Epsom for introducing this debate. Sadly, ...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 711 c94 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister have any information as to when the Select Committee will produce a repo...
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 711 c77-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that we are all very grateful for those two bits of good news: that the Marine a...
Lord Harrison | 711 c80-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I resist the temptation to comment on the statistics that led to the splitting of Cheshire...
Lord Moser | 711 c81-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have spent much of my working life in official statistics, inevitably with issues of pub...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 711 c82-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hamilton has launched a debate which so far has led us into some inte...
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 711 c77 (Link to this contribution) To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to secure confidence in the use of govern...
Lord Skidelsky | 711 c84-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to take the opportunity provided by the question of the noble Lord, Lord Ham...
Lord Rowe-Beddoe | 711 c89-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, join in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, for bringing this matter ...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Census Government departments Parliamentary scrutiny Special advisers Office for National Statistics Statistics Standards Religion Joint select committees UK Statistics Authority
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