Results 1-8 of 8 for "freedom of information" speaker:Vincent Cable

Orders of the Day: Northern Rock (31 Mar 2008) has video

Vincent Cable: ...of the Bank of England. It is very odd that the Bank refuses to disclose that important information and that we have eventually got it in precise terms from the balance sheet of the company. That is an odd approach to freedom of information, and I hope that it will be rectified. The other issue, which has already been touched on several times, is the profit and loss account, the summary...

Banking (Special Provisions) Bill [Ways and Means]: Clause 6 — Transfer of property, rights and liabilities (19 Feb 2008)

Vincent Cable: ...8212;should be referred to explicitly in the Bill in order to resolve those specific questions. The other important matter that we did not get around to discussing was new clause 2, which deals with freedom of information. One of the most appalling problems so far is that we have been unable to get access to basic information about how the Government and the Bank of England have operated...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review (9 Oct 2007)

Vincent Cable: ..., the Government have got only themselves to blame for their current position with regard to non-domiciled investors. Five years ago, they commissioned a report, which was suppressed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The data were released only a few days ago. However, I agree that there is little merit in the idea of a poll tax on non-domiciled investors. It would be unfair to...

Opposition Day — [17th allotted day]: Fair Taxation of the Wealthy (16 Jul 2007) has video

Vincent Cable: ...—although I am sure that this was not intentional—it is not actually true. The Government have been obliged on several occasions to divulge the results of their work. A few years ago, a freedom of information request by a magazine called Accountancy Age produced what is described as "a heavily redacted memo" from the Inland Revenue to the Paymaster General, dated 15 December...

Rail Franchises (29 Nov 2006)

Vincent Cable: ...South West Trains had confirmed that we will have a 20 per cent. increase in seating capacity. What has happened since has created a major mystery around those assurances. It became clear from a freedom of information request that was published in the Evening Standard that the company does not interpret its franchise in that way. Indeed, it is currently ripping out large numbers of seats...

QinetiQ (7 Mar 2006)

Vincent Cable: ...that they could have profited along with Carlyle and the senior executives. However, the Government did not choose to take that route and the magic circle of institutional investors has effectively scooped the pool. There are many other questions, but I will not go on any longer. I will pursue the answers to them through freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions, as I...

Ascension Island (15 Feb 2006)

Vincent Cable: ...islands. None the less, the Government have decided, through DFID, to spend large amounts of money on the St. Helena airport. It is difficult to find out what the options were or whether they have ever been examined, because the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been repealed on the island of St. Helena to disguise such information, so we cannot have a proper analysis. The situation is...

Orders of the Day — Utilities Bill: Provision of Advice and Information to Public Authorities and Other Persons (19 Apr 2000)

Dr Vincent Cable: ...consumer protection regime. We recognise that commercial confidentiality must sometimes be honoured and accepted, but a balance has to be struck between confidentiality and the right to know and to freedom of information. Our amendments were intended to try to ensure that a balance would be struck and that the council would have an obligation to balance commercial confidentiality against...