Results 1-16 of 16 for "freedom of information" speaker:Nick Harvey

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Tony Blair: Allowances (14 Jul 2009)

Nick Harvey: ...in line with the House service's records disposal policy. However, copies of Mr. Blair's additional costs allowance claims in 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04, which have been released under the Freedom of Information Act, have been retained in line with our policy of retaining records which have been the subject of FOI requests.

Business of the House: Members' Payments and Allowances (22 Jan 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: I was interested by the answer the Leader of the House gave to the hon. Member for North-East Derbyshire (Natascha Engel) that if freedom of information requests seek to go further than her 26-category scheme, the House will accede to those requests. The House announced last July after the High Court ruling that we would publish down to receipt level. Today, the right hon. and learned Lady...

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — House of Commons Commission (23 Oct 2008)

Nick Harvey: ...hon. Members think about the running of the House. In my introductory remarks, I shall say a little about the reorganisation of the House service since the Tebbit report, the impact of the various freedom of information cases and the review of Members' allowances on the Department of Resources, the PICT—Parliamentary Information and Communication Technology—health check, the...

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — House of Commons Commission (23 Oct 2008)

Nick Harvey: ...the Commission has a dual identity and meets also as the Members Estimate Committee. The House service supports the payment and record keeping for expenditure on that estimate. In the past year, freedom of information requests and the review of allowances have put enormous pressure on the Department of Resources in particular. Additional staff may yet be needed in that area. The Commission...

Bill Presented: Members' Expenses (3 Jul 2008) has video

Nick Harvey: ...been given than the House was plunged into controversy following the irregularities in staffing practices of one hon. Member, the atmosphere that that created, and the judgments made by the freedom of information tribunal shortly thereafter. It was decided at that point that the review being conducted by the Members Estimate Committee should be a more thorough review, that it should look...

Bill Presented: Members' Expenses (3 Jul 2008) has video

Nick Harvey: ...ought not in future to be allowed to purchase items with their additional costs allowance. I think that they will have the devil's own job if we continue with the existing system. In an era when freedom of information requires every receipt to be perused by the public, they would have a difficulty in justifying the purchase of televisions, fridges, three-piece suites, curtains, carpets and...

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Freedom of Information (22 May 2008)

Nick Harvey: The terms of Freedom of Information Act 2000 require that each request for information held by the House of Commons is treated on its merits. The implications referred to would depend on the scope of any such request.

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Department of Finance and Administration (18 Feb 2008)

Nick Harvey: ...need for better financial management, resource accounting and budgeting, and a range of regulatory compliance requirements. Additional services provided by this department include data protection, freedom of information, HR advice to Members, occupational health, safety and welfare, corporate learning and diversity and procurement. In 1997 the department was reorganised on functional...

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] — Management and Services (House of Commons) (18 Oct 2007)

Nick Harvey: ...the House to be seen to be exercising proper oversight for internal, as well as external, activities. Certainly, where those are funded from the administration estimate, we will ensure that that happens. Freedom of information has featured often on the Commission's agenda in the past year, as well as on that of the Members Estimate Committee, when information has been sought relating to...

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Freedom of Information (4 Jun 2007)

Nick Harvey: ...correspondence held by public authorities including health trusts, House officials issued guidance in December 2005. The guidance was based on the requirements placed on public authorities by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless an exemption applies the public authority must respond to requests for information by confirming or denying it holds relevant material and, where held,...

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Freedom of Information (1 Mar 2007)

Nick Harvey: Since the inception of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 1 January 2005, the House has received 121 requests for information relating to hon. Members. The House's log of FOI requests contains the following information about requests made up to 21 February 2007. (a) In 29 cases, no exemption was applied and requests were met in full (b) 15 were met in part (c) 77 were not met.

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Freedom of Information (28 Feb 2007)

Nick Harvey: The House appealed to the Information Tribunal in respect of two similar requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in respect of hon. Members' travel expenses. One was submitted by the hon. Gentleman and the other by another individual. The total external legal costs of two consolidated appeals was £17,372, of which half (£8,686) can be attributed to the hon. Gentleman's...

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Freedom of Information (22 Feb 2007)

Nick Harvey: The Commission or the Members Estimate Committee has discussed the Freedom of Information Act on many occasions since 2005 but the specific issue of Members' correspondence with other public authorities has been considered in detail only once. There has been only one meeting since the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill was introduced on 19 December and this was discussed briefly at that...

Public Bill Committee: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Clause 1 (7 Feb 2007)

Nick Harvey: ...that we have got the balance about right. That is not to say that it is perfect or that it could not be improved on, but broadly it is about right. The problem, however, is that requests under the Freedom of Information Act are becoming increasingly intrusive, particularly on issues such as the additional costs allowance. In that respect, they are getting into very personal...

Public Bill Committee: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Clause 1 (7 Feb 2007)

Nick Harvey: ...and The Border on giving Parliament the opportunity, through his Bill, to address the problems that we have heard about this morning. It gives us the chance to review for the first time how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is working in relation to Parliament. I agreed to serve on the Committee to provide some of the insight that I have gained through my work on the House of Commons...

Opposition Day: Government Information (13 Jan 1999)

Mr Nick Harvey: ...8212;as Romola Christopherson did in a very intelligent article to which a number of hon. Members have referred—we could engage in far more open and informed debate on Government information, freedom of information and many other matters that have been touched on today. Mr. Charlie Whelan is to resign. I wonder whether I am alone in mourning his passing, if only because, if one had...