Results 1-10 of 10 for "freedom of information" speaker:Edward Davey

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

Edward Davey: ...to conserve the information and gather it together so that it would be ready for the full inquiry. I would almost give him half a point for that exchange. Since then, we have had revelations through freedom of information requests of documents that it would seem Hutton definitely could not have seen—and that Butler either did not see, or failed to focus on. As the right hon. Member...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

Edward Davey: ...for him. If one pieces together the various drafts of the dossier as we now have them, and reads them in the light of the memos and emails that have been obtained—mainly through the assiduous freedom of information requests made by the superb investigative journalist, Chris Ames—it becomes clear that there was a concerted and politically driven effort to alter the assessments...

Orders of the Day: Clause 8 — Commencement (5 Mar 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...8212;or, indeed, back in 1950, when the European convention on human rights was signed. We rarely, if at all, hear arguments that there should be a referendum on reform of the House of Lords or the Freedom of Information Act, so there are many constitutional issues on which people do not think there should be a referendum. We believe that such analysis is directly relevant when one comes...

Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Local Government (12 Jan 2005)

Mr Edward Davey: The Minister says that the Lyons review is considering these issues. Will he confirm that it is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000? What support is his Department giving Sir Michael Lyons to ensure that the inquiry's working papers and research are accessible to the public as soon as they are available?

Local Government Finance (26 May 2004)

Mr Edward Davey: ...of specific new burdens, such as the work force reform. I happily admit to the Minister that it is not that one is against some of those proposals. Some of them are very sensible, such as those on freedom of information. Of course the Liberal Democrats are in favour of that sort of approach, but we need, first, to ensure that there is a more co-ordinated approach if regulation is increased...

Local Government Finance (5 Feb 2004)

Mr Edward Davey: ...There are the national insurance costs, and the higher pension costs caused by the Government's policy. Many of the costs may be linked to worthy Government objectives, such as the implementation of freedom of information legislation, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and higher care standards. The point is that they should be subtracted from the Government's self-proclaimed...

Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill: After Clause 1 (30 Apr 2003)

Mr Edward Davey: ...My right hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith) was a member of that Committee, which dealt with constitutional reform in respect of the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, freedom of information and human rights. Liberal Democrats were involved in negotiations on all those major constitutional reforms. This measure is part of that tradition. Such compromises have...

Public Bill Committee: Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill: Clause 6 - Combination of polls (3 Dec 2002)

Mr Edward Davey: .... The hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge is right that the Government have nothing to fear from writing such a commitment on to the face of the Bill. The Government claim to be in favour of freedom of information and claim that they will listen carefully to the Electoral Commission, which has said that it will publish its advice unless it is prevented from doing so. Those arguments...

Orders of the Day — Government Resources and Accounts Bill: Independent Body (29 Feb 2000)

Mr Edward Davey: ...a price. I do not suggest that there is no cost to greater transparency. There is always potentially a political cost to the Government of the day. We have had that debate more generally with the Freedom of Information Bill, which is before the Houses of Parliament at the moment. When one considers such costs, one has to examine the wider picture and whether the benefits far exceed them....

Office for National Statistics (19 Oct 1999)

Mr Edward Davey: ...the statistics the Government publish if the figures came from a statistics commission. The failure to legislate is a great weakness. I want to link those two points to the Government's failure on freedom of information. Citizens and Parliament will not know what statistics and what factual information lie behind the Government's policies. They will have no access to that information...