Results 1-10 of 10 for "freedom of information" speaker:William Hague

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

William Hague: My hon. Friend makes a powerful point, and he has been instrumental in making sure that some of these documents come to public attention. It is when we take together the mixture of freedom of information items that have come out into the public domain—as well as freedom of information decisions that have been overturned by the Justice Secretary in respect of Cabinet minutes—and...

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (25 Mar 2008) has video

William Hague: ...of time is also bringing into public view a series of welcome but inevitably partial assessments of the initial stages of the conflict, in the form of memoirs, lectures, diaries and responses to freedom of information requests. The Government succeeded in blocking the publication of the account of the experiences of Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's senior diplomat at the UN and in Iraq,...

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

William Hague: ...just refused to do so, relying on the discredited mantra that the constitutional concept had been abandoned, which was not conducive to open debate. From a Government who are supposedly committed to freedom of information and transparency, that should not be acceptable to Parliament. As a result, it has been left to others to perform the comparative analysis with intellectual rigour and...

Opposition Day: Parliament and the Executive (13 Jul 2000)

Mr William Hague: ...were alarmed at what they felt were the implications for civil liberties. Parliament gave them a platform so that they could have their say. The House sat until 1 am in early April considering the Freedom of Information Bill because Labour Back Benchers were deeply unhappy with legislation which, they felt, did not match their party's commitments. They wanted to press the Government to...

Debate on the Address (17 Nov 1999)

Mr William Hague: .... He promises tax relief for charities, but cancels it out by taxing their dividends. The Prime Minister goes on about the knowledge economy yet denies all knowledge of his actions. Let us consider the Freedom of Information Bill, which is the best example of the great Labour lie.

Debate on the Address (17 Nov 1999)

Mr William Hague: I have given way several times and I shall do so again in a moment. The Government talk about freedom of information yet the list of British taxes that are being harmonised in Europe would have remained secret if no one had looked at the Dutch Government's website. The reduction in the number of police would have remained secret if we had not seen a leaked copy of a Treasury letter. Tax...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (26 May 1999)

Mr William Hague: ..., we get assertions from the Prime Minister that are total rubbish. There has been no debate about the 200 measures now before that committee. This is a Government who are supposed to believe in freedom of information. The Home Secretary said: everyone will have the right … to information held by bodies across the public sector."—[Official Report, 24 May 1999;Vol.332,c.21.]...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (26 May 1999)

Mr William Hague: So the answer is no, the right hon. Gentleman will not publish the list. The trouble for the Government is that nobody can believe anything that they say on Europe. It is freedom of information on Monday and the concealment of information on Wednesday. It is tax competition here and tax harmonisation over there. The Prime Minister loves the pound at election time and wants to abolish it the...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address (24 Nov 1998)

Mr William Hague: .... There are other things on top of the things that the Government have already done that they would get round to doing if they thought that that was important enough. There is reference to a draft Freedom of Information Bill", a draft Bill on party funding and a draft Bill on a strategic rail authority. The Queen's Speech even defends the Government on the food standards agency by stating...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address (24 Nov 1998)

Mr William Hague: .... He and the right hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Ashdown) can always form a club of people who give unquestioning support to the Prime Minister but get precious little in return. What happened to the freedom of information Bill that was to be in the Queen's Speech? It has been announced many times and it now appears as a promise of a draft Bill. In July, the Cabinet Minister in charge of...