Results 1-10 of 10 for "freedom of information" speaker:Austin Mitchell

Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Freedom of Information (10 Mar 2008)

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy that documents relating to his Department which are made publicly available by the US Congress Library following a freedom of information request in the United States also be made publicly available in the UK.

Written Answers — Treasury: Freedom of Information Act 2000 (15 Jan 2008)

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has received since the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force; and in how many instances his Department took more than (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 18 and (d) 24 months to provide a substantive response;

Written Answers — Treasury: Sandstorm Report (7 Jan 2008)

Austin Mitchell: ...Official Report, column 1300W, on the Sandstorm report, when his Department expects to make a definitive reply to Professor Prem Sikka of the University of Essex's request of 13 March 2006 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for publication of the Sandstorm report relating to the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International; and what the reasons are for the time taken to...

Orders of the Day: Clause 57 — enforcement by taking control of goods (27 Jun 2007)

Austin Mitchell: ...their own rights were. All too often, inquiries have revealed contracts to be out of date, badly drafted or ineffective, and councils are often reluctant to produce them. People have to go through freedom of information procedures to see the contracts on which this whole system is based, which is ridiculous. We need published contracts to ensure proper enforcement and the proper regulation...

Road Traffic Debts (27 Mar 2007)

Austin Mitchell: ...child support. They cannot do that, so they are using uncertified staff. Sheila Harding's research shows that the local authority contracts, which should be open and used to regulate the bailiffs, are useless. Some of them are secret and people have had to apply under freedom of information legislation to find out about them, none of them is published, and many of them have lapsed. One...

Written Answers — Treasury: Departments: Freedom of Information (27 Feb 2007)

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many requests received by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were responded to substantively within (a) 20 days, (b) 60 days, (c) 90 days and (d) 180 days; how many requests were outstanding (i) nine months and (ii) 11 months after first receipt; and what the reason is for the delay in each case.

Written Answers — Treasury: Sandstorm Report (27 Feb 2007)

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department expects to make a definitive reply to the request made by Professor Prem Sikka of the University of Essex on 13 March 2006 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for publication of the Sandstorm Report relating to the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International; and what the reason is for the delay in responding.

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Freedom of Information (30 Jul 1997)

Mr Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on his plans to publish a freedom of information Bill. [9707]

Orders of the Day — Access to Personal Files Bill (20 Feb 1987)

Mr Austin Mitchell: ...who wishes to criticise the Bill, tells us that the system has not worked well in those countries, we shall accept it. People want this power. An opinion poll was conducted for the Campaign for Freedom of Information. A sample was taken of 1,900 people, which is a representative sample. People were asked what records they thought they should be able to see. Interestingly, on the issue of...

Orders of the Day — Local Government (Access to Information) Bill (1 Feb 1985)

Mr Austin Mitchell: .... Open government—the right to know—is basic to democracy. I should like to see the principle extended to central Government. I regard the Bill as a trial measure advancing the cause of freedom of information in a practical and straightforward way. The local power élite can be a very closed and secretive organisation; indeed, it can become a self-perpetuating and...