2011 Census: Should it be Brought Forward?

I am sure that it would be valuable to bring forward the next Census to the autumn of 2010. Many disputes currently being befuddled by the absence of good statistics, for instance on the ethnic make-up and country of origin of the population, the dispersal of those recently granted British citizenship, the presence of non-British EU citizens in the working population , and so on are the subject of much argument but little light. Particularly if we really are going to have constitutional change very soon and a reorganisation of Parliamentary seat boundaries why do we wait for 2011?

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