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Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Members' Allowances (16 Jul 2008) has video

David Maclean: ...that I will be chairing the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments at 3.45, and will therefore not be here for the winding-up speeches. I am expecting a rather important statutory instrument on freedom of information, and I think the House would prefer me to be there. Indeed, the House might prefer me to be there now. Lest the media issue any challenge, I should also point out that I am...

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Exemption of House of Commons and House of Lords (18 May 2007)

David Maclean: ...Report and not one minute on Second Reading was devoted to including the House of Commons in that Bill. The provision was added without any debate, so it did not receive 15 years' consideration. The Freedom of Information Act generally did, but including the House of Commons in it received no consideration—it was added by mistake.

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Exemption of House of Commons and House of Lords (18 May 2007)

David Maclean: I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I accept the genuine opinions of Members in all parts of the House who take a serious view of the Freedom of Information Act, support the Act, and oppose the Bill on principle. But I must tell some Members that I do not think they have helped their cause by supporting the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker), who has made clear in the...

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Exemption of House of Commons and House of Lords (18 May 2007)

David Maclean: ...and do not wish it to reach the other place. The hon. Gentleman takes the high-minded view, as is entirely his privilege, that if the Bill was passed, it would somehow strike a general blow to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, but I do not accept that argument. The amendments are deliberately intended not to improve the Bill, to make a few tweaks to it or to make it operate better, but...

Petitions: International Whaling Commission (Japan) (18 May 2007)

David Maclean: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) has a reputation for taking a high-minded view on freedom of information. Doubt has been cast on the number of signatures on the petitions and their validity. Will he publish them or—

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Exemption of House of Commons and House of Lords (20 Apr 2007)

David Maclean: ...in such an important debate and seek to catch my eye. We know the game today. Hon. Members of all parties oppose the Bill in principle. I accept that. However, let me quote from Wednesday's press: "Freedom of Information campaigning MPs Norman Baker and Richard Shepherd have vowed that they would seek to stop the bill being passed to the House of Lords this Friday... 'This will do nothing...

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

David Maclean: I am grateful for the Minister’s wise remarks. She is right: we all support the success of the Freedom of Information Act, but after six years it is right to examine its impact. We have discovered that in Parliament it has potential to cause problems in the relationship between MPs and constituents. I detect unanimity in the Committee, and if we were to sit here for another two hours I...

Public Bill Committee: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Clause 2 (7 Feb 2007)

David Maclean: ...which is made to a public authority before the Act comes into force. (2B) In subsection (2A) “request for information” and “public authority” have the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information Act 2000.’.

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

David Maclean: ...different legal, parliamentary language. Proposed new subsection (3) would make a few sensible changes. First, it would insert a new section on MPs’  correspondence after section 34 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I originally placed it after section 37, but this position is more sensible. Secondly, it would change the word “correspondence” in my Bill to...

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

David Maclean: ...about whether Parliament should have been included in the Act. When the White Paper “Your Right to Know” was published in 1997, it stated that Parliament would not be included in the freedom of information legislation. It said, “A very few public bodies, because of the nature of their role, will be completely excluded from the Act. Parliament, whose deliberations are...

Orders of the Day — Interpretation (27 Nov 2000)

Mr David Maclean: ...that Bill time in the Chamber and imposed a guillotine. Debate on the measure on the Floor of the House took about two days, which could better have been devoted to important measures such as the Freedom of Information Bill.

Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill [Money] (4 Apr 2000)

Mr David Maclean: I was not paying attention to the Annunciator, because I assumed that the Government would want to make more progress tonight on the Freedom of Information Bill. The money resolution relates to the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill. I draw the attention of the House to clause 2, which is entitled "Duties of the appropriate authority", subsection (2)(a) of which states that the strategy...

Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill [Money] (4 Apr 2000)

Mr David Maclean: ..., with the excellent briefing that one receives from Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions officials, doubtless has some calculations. Perhaps if we had made further progress on the Freedom of Information Bill, we might be in a position to exact those details from the Government. What does the Minister's brief say about the Department's estimated cost of clause 2(2)(c)...

Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill [Money] (4 Apr 2000)

Mr David Maclean: ...money motions if it wishes to do so. The Minister has written books about honesty and justice in our legal system. The Minister has a reputation for seeking out the truth. The Minister has a reputation for supporting freedom of information. Given all that, I should have thought that the Minister would wish to put his folder on the Dispatch Box and read out the figures that he has relating...

Debate on the Address (17 Nov 1999)

Mr David Maclean: ...to introduce an e-commerce Bill that may still do nothing to improve electronic commerce in this country does the Government no credit. What else have my constituents to look forward to? There is a Freedom of Information Bill which has no teeth, and a Bill on limited liability partnerships. They may like the crime and justice Bill, until they discover that all the Prime Minister's...

Orders of the Day — Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Bill [Lords]: Environmental Information (16 Dec 1992)

Mr David Maclean: ...further on the case because I should not want to prejudice it. The hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) came along with a long wish list of what he would ideally like in terms of freedom of information law. He seems to have forgotten that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is committed—the Prime Minister has committed the whole Government—to reviewing...