Results 1-8 of 8 for "freedom of information" speaker:Tim Loughton

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Departmental Freedom of Information (27 Apr 2009)

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many requests his Department received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in 2008; and how many of those were answered within 20 working days.

Public Bill Committee: Mental Health Bill [Lords]: Clause 32 (10 May 2007)

Tim Loughton: ...then decided to sit on the report. Despite all the pleadings by the Government that it was down to peer reviews and various other things, and after the Government completely sidelined any freedom of information requests, they published, under duress, their report on the international effectiveness of community treatment orders the day after the House of Lords finished their deliberations...

Orders of the Day: Mental Health Bill [Lords] (16 Apr 2007)

Tim Loughton: ...parliamentary scrutiny with regard to the research that they commissioned in January 2006 involving the Institute of Psychiatry, which was part of a research package costing £236,000. Despite freedom of information requests, they did not publish the research until the day after the House of Lords had finished its deliberations on the subject. The Government still seem to be in denial....

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Health Care (Cornwall) (20 Feb 2007)

Tim Loughton: ...and as the saying goes, "If it ain't bust, why fix it?" A further problem is that poor information is provided by the new operators of this service and even Members of Parliament have to resort to freedom of information requests to find out exactly what is going on. That is surely unacceptable. GP survey findings show that the service has become worse. It is not just a few whingeing...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Mental Health (9 Jan 2007)

Tim Loughton: ...least those representing BME—black and minority ethnic—patients who have suffered disproportionately? Why has she failed to publish this report, after my parliamentary questions and my freedom of information request, given its relevance to the Mental Health Bill which is currently under scrutiny in Parliament?

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Assaults (Mental Health Wards) (18 Jul 2006)

Tim Loughton: ...in reality, a quarter of mental health wards were still mixed, and we know that the situation has got worse, as many have had to revert to mixed-sex wards owing to deficit pressures. Only after a freedom of information request by Mind was today's National Patient Safety Agency report published, revealing those 122 reports. There are allegations that those were only the cases that were...

Public Bill Committee: Adoption and Children Bill: Clause 96 - Proceedings to be in private (4 Dec 2001)

Mr Tim Loughton: ...with me, some current restrictions are understandable, but they make it almost impossible for the layman to understand much about care and adoption proceedings. They place an unreasonable limit on freedom of information about an issue involving a clear public interest. The thrust of both amendments is to assure disclosure of information in the public interest, subject to child anonymity....

Freedom of Tax Information (20 Apr 1999)

Mr Tim Loughton: ...where their taxes are going and where they are levied. Raising the tax threshold by stealth, as the Government have become increasingly adept at doing, means dishonest tax. My Bill seeks nothing more than freedom of information for the public, enabling them to make informed choices and comparisons. The Government have declared that they are committed to freedom of information, so I hope...