Results 1-8 of 8 for "freedom of information" speaker:Malcolm Bruce

[Janet Anderson in the Chair] — Strategic Export Controls (22 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Bruce: ...Development peer review about bribery and corruption, especially in the arms trade, by something said by the then Chairman of the Defence Committee, the right hon. Member for Walsall, South (Mr. George). A freedom of information note that I received from the civil service states: "Mr. George said that the arms industry was one of the most susceptible to bribes. It was worth millions of...

BSE Inquiry Report (26 Oct 2000)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...people affected by it. Secondly, will the Minister accept the strictures of my hon. Friend the Member for South-East Cornwall (Mr. Breed), that the history of the disease justifies a much more open freedom of information regime? Thirdly, the Government have put in place measures to protect people in this country from BSE, but there has been a rise in the incidence of CJD in France. How...

Opposition Day: UK Role in Europe (13 Jan 1999)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...was presumably placed in the Library when the House was in recess, with no notification to any hon. Member of the fact that it had been placed there. Another example, then, of open government and freedom of information.

Orders of the Day — The Economy (1 Dec 1998)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...performance delivery. However, I should tell Ministers that, when I spoke to politicians and civil servants in New Zealand, it was made absolutely clear to me that the system could not work without freedom of information legislation. They said that that was central to ensuring that the system operated in the open and that the public knew the basis of the agreements and bargains which had...

Prayers: Citizens Charter (15 Nov 1991)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...said—other hon. Members have commented on it—that he was in favour of greater openness in government. The hon. Member for Epping Forest is well known for his commitment to the cause of freedom of information and is respected by hon. Members on both sides of the House for it. I was glad that he managed to put his commitment on the record. But the Government have resisted...

Prayers: Citizens Charter (15 Nov 1991)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...may help to drag this antiquated political system into the 20th century, never mind the 21st century, and that we may get some of the benefits that citizens in other European countries have, such as freedom of information, a Bill of rights, a democratic voting system and a division of power between central Government and regional and local government. One of the great concerns of the past...

Prayers: Citizens Charter (15 Nov 1991)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...fact that it has power and that it has abused that power over the past 12 years and is treating the public with contempt. The public will not be conned any more. Until we have a society with genuine freedom of information, a Bill of rights, decentralisation of decision-making and a fair voting system, we cannot expect that the citizens of this country will have rights. This is not a...

Orders of the Day — Electricity Bill: Promotion of New Techniques in National Interest (20 Jul 1989)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...statement, which gives ill-defined powers to require information, for no clear purpose. To put it in a more populist expression, the purpose of my probing amendment is to assert the importance of freedom of information. What information will be sought? Should it not be more clearly defined? What assurances do we have that the notices will not lead to the seeking of information that is not...