Results 1-12 of 12 for "freedom of information" speaker:Peter Kilfoyle

MR. John Haase and MR. Paul Bennett (25 Nov 2008) has video

Peter Kilfoyle: .... However, the context is entirely separate when it comes to Customs and Excise. For example, only in recent days I have discovered by reading through Home Office material that I obtained under a freedom of information request, that powers analogous to the exercise of the royal prerogative are vested in Customs and Excise. I was completely unaware that Customs and Excise could mitigate...

Freedom of Information (Fees Regulation) (7 Feb 2007)

Peter Kilfoyle: My right hon. Friend is right to emphasise the Labour party's long and honourable commitment to freedom of information. I am a former Minister like him, albeit a former Minister in the Cabinet Office, who dealt with FOI legislation when it first came before the new Labour Government. Does he accept that strands in the broader context of government, including the higher reaches of the civil...

Written Answers — Lord Chancellor: Euro Conversion Costs (22 May 2002)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...she has made of the (a) cost (b) new equipment needed and (c) modifications needed to existing IT software to adapt to entry to the Euro for (a) the Court Service, (b) magistrates courts, (c) freedom of information, (d) data protection and identity services, (e) the Land Registry, (f) CAFCASS, (g) the Public Guardianship Office, (h) the Public Record Office, (i) the Northern Ireland Court...

Opposition Day: Government Information (13 Jan 1999)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...on the Mountfield report, which deals with their own future. As there is not much time left in this debate, I shall say only that the other half of the Liberal Democrats' motion dealt with the freedom of information Bill. The Government have made a firm manifesto commitment to introduce such a Bill, and I pay tribute to work done on the Bill in the Government's early days by my right hon....

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Freedom of Information (10 Jun 1998)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: The process of discovery of documents in civil proceedings will not be affected by our freedom of information proposals. Departments that are parties to civil proceedings will not be unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged by freedom of information.

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Freedom of Information (10 Jun 1998)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: As I said in my original answer, it is absolutely our intention to ensure that no one is advantaged or disadvantaged. Of course we intend to publish the freedom of information Bill in draft. There will be an opportunity then for my hon. Friend to make her representations on any technical or drafting points that may or may not need to be improved.

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Property Holdings (10 Jun 1998)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...for establishing and maintaining proper records of their property holdings, following central guidance. All such information held by those bodies would come within the scope of the proposed freedom of information Act.

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Public Service Delivery (4 Feb 1998)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...have covered the new charter programme, due to be launched as part of the better government initiative later this year; improving the effectiveness and accountability of quangos; proposals on freedom of information; and most recently, a consultative paper on improving means of disseminating official information to the public. In addition, as we announced last week, we are establishing a...

Prayers: Freedom of Information (9 Jul 1997)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...to the hon. Gentleman and to the hon. Member for Hereford (Mr. Keetch) for their contributions. The hon. Member for Lewes has taken the opportunity to reflect on the considerable importance of freedom of information, and I know that many hon. Members—including me—take a strong interest in that subject. However, an issue of timing is involved. The hon. Gentleman has initiated...

Prayers: Freedom of Information (9 Jul 1997)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...trusts will be required to hold their meetings in public. That is the kind of development that we need after the legacy of the past 18 years: greater openness in our quangos and other public bodies. Freedom of information will meld very much with the intention of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to produce, later this year, a White Paper on better government. It will be an...

Petition: Education (Standards) (9 Dec 1994)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...and examination results. We will not be lectured by them on the publication of data, because we differ most over their quantity and quality. We shall ensure that every parent will have the right, under a comprehensive freedom of information Act, to obtain details of the performance of local schools and LEAs. We shall publish information on a range of issues, including uniform, homework,...

Petition: Education (Standards) (9 Dec 1994)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: Quite the contrary. The hon. Gentleman could not have been listening. I said that, under our proposed freedom of information Act, we shall make much more information available. Our criticism is that the data currently provided are one-dimensional and do not give the information to which parents are entitled. As to school standards, it is often a case of do as say, not as I do. One disturbing...