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European Union (25 May 1999)

Mr Michael Howard: ...Government about the extent of the proposals that one has to go to a Dutch Government website to find out what they are about—on the very day that the Government published their draft Bill on freedom of information.

Overseas Territories (17 Mar 1999)

Mr Michael Howard: ...follow the example of the former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the right hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark), who apologised to the House for the premature disclosure of his White Paper on freedom of information—and earned your gratitude in the process, Madam Speaker? Can the Foreign Secretary assure the House that neither his office nor any of the offices of his...

Orders of the Day — Debate on the Address: Home Affairs and Environment (18 Nov 1994)

Mr Michael Howard: ...in the knowledge that the jury will never find out that they refused to answer questions that an innocent person would certainly have answered. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act provides freedom of information for juries. The innocent have nothing to fear from the changes. The guilty may well have cause to regret them—and so they should. I want the guilty to be convicted...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill: Effect of Accused's Failure to Mention Facts When Questioned or Charged (13 Apr 1994)

Mr Michael Howard: ...hearing about a person's silence and taking it into account in reaching a verdict. Indeed, our proposals have accurately been described by my hon. Friend the Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) as a freedom of information Act for juries.

Press Self-Regulation (Review) (14 Jan 1993)

Mr Michael Howard: ...most concerned, in a manner preferable to a more generalised law of privacy. Will he also think open-mindedly about the possibility of some countervailing strengthening of press freedoms, including freedom of information legislation?

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