Results 1-9 of 9 for "freedom of information" speaker:John McDonnell

Points of Order: Summer Adjournment (22 Jul 2008) has video

John McDonnell: ...Heathrow. Last night, Members may have seen the "Panorama" exposé of the Government's decision-making process on the development of Heathrow airport and the information about it obtained by various freedom of information requests. It confirmed that the decision to allow the expansion of Heathrow was made on the basis of information that was "doctored"—it is the only way to...

Minimum Wage (11 Jun 2008)

John McDonnell: ...Department, the money that was awarded at the political level has been swallowed up elsewhere and has certainly not been applied to front-line staff to implement policies. In order to extract information, the unions have submitted freedom of information requests about the budgetary disbursement of resources. The key issue is to use the opportunity presented by the Employment Bill to bring...

Deferred Division: Heathrow (2 Apr 2008) has video

John McDonnell: ...that detailed discussion has taken place based on the free flow of information. It has not. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) for the work that she has done under the Freedom of Information Act to extract information. All the way through this process, people believed that the Government sought to deceive them because they had already made up their mind. The...

Heathrow Expansion (12 Dec 2007)

John McDonnell: ...which the results would be churned out. We then discovered that BAA supplied most of the information and doctored it as part of the overall inquiry. I pay tribute to hon. Members who had to use the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to get information out of that supposedly independent assessment process. It was a public relations exercise more than an independent study. I expected some form...

Heathrow Expansion (12 Dec 2007)

John McDonnell: ...churches will be rendered unusable. I predict that we will return to the scenario three years ago when we had to dig up our dead. And there are war graves in those churches' grounds. We know from a freedom of information inquiry made by the hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) that the supposedly most-credible road system—this does not apply to all the options for road...

Orders of the Day: Planning Bill (10 Dec 2007)

John McDonnell: ...consultation paper that will be out for the next few months was drafted and virtually dictated by BAA, with the evidence modelled by BAA—that is the information that we have received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The consultation is degenerating into farce. There will not even be an exhibition held in the village—Sipson—that will be wiped out by the sixth...

City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order): Interpretation (15 May 2000)

Mr John McDonnell: ...and other forms of evidence. However, what documentation evidences an agency? If there is documentation, is it a matter of public record? Is it open to public inspection? Will it be covered by freedom of information legislation that we are promoting as part of local government legislation so that there will be access to information? Will there be an electoral roll that will be open to...

Orders of the Day — Local Government Bill [Lords] (11 Apr 2000)

Mr John McDonnell: ...fact that the proposals will restrict access to information. I should welcome the views of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on the implications of the changes that we have made to the Freedom of Information Bill, and whether those counterbalance our concerns about lack of access to information in local government. The Standing Committee should address the whole issue of secrecy...

Orders of the Day — Food Standards Bill (21 Jun 1999)

Mr John McDonnell: ...such a stark, overriding power to the Secretary of State to veto the distribution of information. In respect of future legislation, I reiterate what was said about the need for closer linkage with the current freedom of information debate. There is power under clause 20 for the agency to issue guidance to local authorities and other public bodies on the management of particular outbreaks...