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Constituency Correspondence (Confidentiality) (5 Nov 2008) has video

Simon Burns: ...was deliberate, but it can happen accidentally. Such a solution would be sensible. I am not a lawyer, but I understand that as individual MPs we are exempt, in effect, when members of the public issue freedom of information requests that concern our correspondence. I hope that is so; otherwise there could be the most horrendous fishing into our files, which would not necessarily be...

Business of the House (11 Oct 2007) has video

Simon Burns: ...with the East of England strategic health authority and Mid-Essex hospital trust and that they were unaware that anybody from the jamboree had been treated. Last night, I received a response to my freedom of information application, which told me that 107 scouts had been treated for 173 medical complaints and that 53 of them were not eligible for free NHS treatment. I also learnt that not...

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Exemption of House of Commons and House of Lords (18 May 2007)

Simon Burns: .... Gentleman's amendment seeks to remove clause 1(3). When drafting that amendment, did he consult the hon. Member for Colchester (Bob Russell), who had a local regional daily paper apply under the freedom of information legislation for sight of his correspondence with his local authority? The hon. Gentleman was not happy that the law had been used to secure sight of what he considered...

Orders of the Day — Public Inquiries (24 Nov 1999)

Mr Simon Burns: ..., necessarily shares. I hope that the Minister wholeheartedly shares those sentiments, particularly as the Queen's Speech, on which we have just voted, states: My Government will introduce a Bill on Freedom of Information. It will give everyone the right of access to information held across the public sector for the first time. I assume that the public sector includes public inquiries, and...

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