
When is it important to recognise that not every x is a y?
This is a write-up of the session “Statistics in Regulation and Policy“, given at the RPI Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2024. This may seem

This is a write-up of the session “Statistics in Regulation and Policy“, given at the RPI Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2024. This may seem

The Zeeman Lecture at the September 2021 Conference on ‘Rethinking Regulation’ was delivered by Ed Humpherson -Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority. This is a transcript of that lecture.
A couple of years ago, back when it was possible to travel freely without worrying about masks, infections and tests, I was on a train journey south from Edinburgh.
As is the way with long train journeys in the UK, there was some horrendous disruption; and as is also the way, this disruption broke the invisible veil that holds British people back from talking to one another, and lots of conversations started – proceeding from the usual starting point of “bloody typical” to broader chats – where are you going, what do you do?

Delivered as part of ‘Has the privatisation experiment been a success with 30 years of evidence?’, Hertford Seminar in Regulation 2019

Delivered as part of ‘Investing in utility networks with less reliance on markets and more uncertainty: how do we deliver security and efficiency?’, Hertford Seminar in Regulation 2019

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘The discovery, assessment and use of evidence in regulatory and competition law decision making’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘Regulation and public interest ourcomes in energy and water: moving beyond compliance and towards a sustainable ‘licence to operate’ for a disrupted world”, Hertford Seminar in Regulation 2018

Delivered as part of ‘Regulatory Pathologies: Diagnosis and Remediation’, Annual Westminster Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘Regulatory Pathologies: Diagnosis and Remediation’, Annual Westminster Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘Regulatory Pathologies: Diagnosis and Remediation’, Annual Westminster Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘Regulatory Pathologies: Diagnosis and Remediation’, Annual Westminster Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘Regulatory Pathologies: Diagnosis and Remediation’, Annual Westminster Conference 2018

Delivered as part of ‘In a period of great disturbance and volatility’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2017

“Digital Revolution”, “Disruptive Innovation”
and Conduct Assessment:
New Insights Needed for Enforcement?
Thoughts on platforms, foreclosure, and algorithmic collusion
RPI Annual Competition and Regulation Conference
26-27 September 2017

Delivered as part of ‘In a period of great disturbance and volatility’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2017

Delivered as part of ‘In a period of great disturbance and volatility’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2017

Delivered as part of ‘In a period of great disturbance and volatility’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2017

Delivered as part of ‘In a period of great disturbance and volatility’, Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2017