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Public Bill Committee: Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill (23 Jan 2001): Mr James Gray: ..., but apart from those with the good fortune to be present, no one knows what that full discussion involved. No notes were taken. It was a private meeting—a strange occurrence in this age of freedom of information. Why should a Programming Sub-Committee be held in secret, with no Hansard writers or other Members of the House present? That seems rather strange. It is reasonable for...
Opposition Day: Census (Amendment) Bill [Lords] (20 Jun 2000): Mr James Gray: ..., the Data Protection Act 1998. The whole principle behind that measure is to ensure that information about individuals is not known unless it is absolutely necessary. The same point applies to the Freedom of Information Bill. The Government will provide much information and will tell individuals what they know about them. We have always espoused those important principles in this...

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