Results 1-6 of 6 for "freedom of information" speaker:Andrew Dismore

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — Bill of Rights (UK) (25 Jun 2009)

Andrew Dismore: ...administrative justice, which ensures that decisions taken by those in authority are fair and impartial. If necessary, that can be backed by the right to review by the courts. Data protection, freedom of information and equality rights have also emerged. The Equality Bill strengthens that last right, but it does not include an overarching constitutional guarantee of equality. I expect that...

Written Answers — Justice: Information Commissioner (2 Jul 2008)

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints about (a) data protection and (b) freedom of information the Information Commissioner (i) received and (ii) completed investigations on in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Justice: Information Commissioner (2 Jul 2008)

Andrew Dismore: ...; (2) what the average time taken was by the Information Commissioner to (a) acknowledge receipt, (b) institute action and (c) complete the investigation of cases referred to him under (i) freedom of information and (ii) data protection legislation (A) in the most recent period for which figures are available and (B) in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Chuka Massacre (30 Jan 2007)

Andrew Dismore: ...local women and 10 Somali soldiers who witnessed the Chuka massacre during the Kenyan emergency in the spring of 1953, held by his Department; and if he will make a statement; (2) what grounds the Freedom of Information request by Dr. David Anderson for witness statements to the Chuka massacre in 1953 during the Kenyan emergency was rejected; and if he will make a statement.

Privilege (Correspondence) (21 Apr 2004)

Mr Andrew Dismore: ...issue stretches beyond the political concerns that I have outlined and has serious legal implications for the privilege of correspondence, to which I will refer shortly, contempt of the House and freedom of information rules. Many of the problems that I have described have been exacerbated by the progressive shift from the traditional, committee-based structure of local government towards...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Judges Council (25 May 1999)

Mr Andrew Dismore: ..., making decisions about the outside interests of judges—does my hon. Friend agree that it is about time that, instead of allowing it to behave like a branch of MI5, we took a leaf out of the freedom of information book and put the Judges Council on a statutory footing?