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Written Answers — Education and Skills: Freedom of Information (3 Mar 2005)

Mr James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2005, Official Report, columns 855–56W, on Freedom of Information, what progress has been made by the Office for Fair Access in preparing a publication scheme under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Freedom of Information (18 Jan 2005)

Mr James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the publication schemes under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 prepared by public authorities for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will list the authorities which (a) have had and (b) have not prepared such schemes.

Debate on the Address (6 Dec 2000)

Mr James Clappison: ...if they stopped acting like a pressure group within the Government and started opposing them. Instead, the Liberal Democrats criticise the Government, make fine noises—as they did about the Freedom of Information Bill, which is not an entirely dissimilar piece of legislation—and then, when push comes to shove, they cave in and let the Government have their way.

Orders of the Day — Freedom of Information Bill (7 Dec 1999)

Mr James Clappison: ...Secretary. The Bill's biggest deficiency lies in the way in which it treats the workings of central Government. I agree with the House of Lords Select Committee, which said: It is fundamental to Freedom of Information law and practice that government information is seen as belonging to the people, who have a right to see and use the information unless there are good reasons for exempting...

Business of the House (25 Nov 1999)

Mr James Clappison: ...to my constituents given that the number of police officers serving Hertsmere has fallen by more than 20 per cent. since 1997? Secondly, has the right hon. Lady given any thought to subjecting the Freedom of Information Bill to the Special Standing Committee procedure, of which she and the Home Secretary have a high opinion? Would not that Bill be an obvious candidate for that procedure,...

Opposition Day: Passport Delays (29 Jun 1999)

Mr James Clappison: ...of prisons—he looks quizzical, but I remember many criticisms of private prisons uttered by the then Labour Opposition. The list also covers subjects such as the right of silence; freedom of information, on which he has recently made a decision; carriers' liability; and employers' liability for checks on illegal immigrants, on which point he has reversed a promise made by the...