Results 1-7 of 7 for "freedom of information" speaker:Jim Cousins

Written Answers — Justice: Disclosure of Information: Government Departments (11 Dec 2007)

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance has been given to Departments about the inclusion of provisions limiting freedom of information disclosures in their contracts with consultants or contractors.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: PricewaterhouseCoopers (11 Dec 2007)

Jim Cousins: ...for Communities and Local Government what the value is of the new consultancy and contracts awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2007-08; and whether those contracts contain provisions limiting freedom of information disclosure.

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

Jim Cousins: Freedom of information applies to public bodies. However, many hon. Members want disclosure in other contexts. For example, many of our hon. Friends want greater disclosure on private equity companies. How can we properly and honourably raise such points, which are being made by many of our great trade unions, if we shut the door on information about ourselves?

Freedom of Information (Fees Regulation) (7 Feb 2007)

Jim Cousins: .... The meetings of the organisation take place in private, and I have asked to see the minutes of those meetings. I have been told that I can make a request for them, but it must be made under the Freedom of Information Act, and I must make a request for each meeting separately. I have now, therefore, made about 12 requests simply to get the minutes of a public body. I would fall into...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Pathfinder Projects (14 Nov 2005)

Jim Cousins: ...whether Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder schemes are permitted to make their minutes and papers available to hon. Members who represent pathfinder areas; and whether they are covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Office for National Statistics (19 Oct 1999)

Mr Jim Cousins: ...in law. It is important that the right of access to information—by Members of Parliament and by our fellow citizens—should also be entrenched in law. Parliament will soon consider freedom of information legislation, so it is important that that concept be brought to bear on the information and statistical work of the Government. I hope that my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary...

The Constitution (20 Feb 1997)

Mr Jim Cousins: ...The test of any principle occurs when things get difficult. I think that the hon. Member for Hexham dealt with some rather scurrilous issues. The test of our belief in accountability, in scrutiny and in freedom of information comes when things get awkward. I invite the hon. Gentleman—I will join him—to ask the Nolan committee to examine those issues. Nothing cannot be improved;...