Results 1-20 of 42 for "freedom of information" speaker:Bridget Prentice

Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill (3 Jul 2009) has video

Bridget Prentice: ...private. Despite those specific exceptions, the definition of "public authority" in section 6 represents a broad approach. That can be contrasted with the provisions in many other Acts, such as the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 151 (26 Feb 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...It is appropriate, therefore, for me to consider in detail at this point who could be given an assessment notice. Obviously, that includes Government Departments, publicly owned companies under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and so on. Any person exercising a function of a public nature could be included in an order under section 5 of the Act. I think that that covers the examples...

Written Answers — Justice: Magistrates Courts: Powers (10 Feb 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...refer the hon. Member to my reply of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 372W. The Information Commissioner agreed with the proposed redactions when the guidance was first released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 9 December 2008 and the Government have no plans to release the redacted parts.

Written Answers — Justice: Debt Collection (27 Jan 2009)

Bridget Prentice: The Information Commissioner agreed with the proposed redactions when the guidance was first released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 9 December 2008 and the Government have no plans to release the redacted parts.

Orders of the Day: Fixed Term Parliaments Bill (16 May 2008) has video

Bridget Prentice: ...reforms, including devolution in Scotland, Wales and, more recently, Northern Ireland, and the transformation of the role of Lord Chancellor. A supreme court is about to be established. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Human Rights Act 1998 were introduced, although I know that members of the Conservative party are not necessarily persuaded that we need a Human Rights Act. A lot...

Written Answers — Justice: Electoral Register: Freedom of Information (15 May 2008)

Bridget Prentice: The Freedom of Information Act provides a general right to access information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions. The right of access under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is supplementary to the very many ways in which public authorities already provide information to members of the public. Under regulations made under the Electoral Administration Act 2006, the...

Written Answers — Justice: Departmental Public Participation (30 Apr 2008)

Bridget Prentice: ...to engage with the problem 25 General Commissioners of Income Tax 4 Judicial Appointments: the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary 34 War-making powers and international treaties 26 Freedom of Information Act 2000: Designation of additional public authorities 135 Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal 48 Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Rules 14 NOMS Strategic Plan on...

Written Answers — Justice: Departments: Information Officers (8 Oct 2007)

Bridget Prentice: ...officer time. The information requested has been provided by the Information Commissioner's Office, an independent body created by statute with responsibility for handling complaints made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998.

Written Answers — Justice: Information Commissioner: Manpower (3 Jul 2007)

Bridget Prentice: The Information requested has been provided by the Information Commissioner's office, an independent body created by statute with responsibility for handling complaints made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998. It employs 11 press, marketing and communications staff.

Written Answers — Justice: Information Commissioner: Manpower (3 Jul 2007)

Bridget Prentice: The Information requested has been provided by the Information Commissioner's Office, an independent body created by statute with responsibility for handling complaints made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998. Since its creation in January 2001, it has incurred costs for public relations companies as set out in the following table. There has been no...

Written Answers — Justice: Members: Correspondence (5 Jun 2007)

Bridget Prentice: The Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 contain provisions to protect where appropriate the privacy of correspondence between hon. Members and their constituents. The Human Rights Act 1998 contains provisions to give further effect to the convention rights, which include the right to respect for private life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human...

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

Bridget Prentice: ...debate, although I doubt that many minds have been changed today—or, indeed, in our last debate on the Floor of the House some weeks ago, or in Committee. The Government introduced the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to create a more open relationship between the citizen and the state. The Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs hailed the Act as a significant success. We can see...

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

Bridget Prentice: I am not sure that that question should be directed at me. I am simply saying that a Labour Government introduced the Freedom of Information Act, after many years of work by my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick) and others. When my party was in opposition I was a member of what was then the Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, chaired by...

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

Bridget Prentice: ...protections are enough and whether the proposed exemption is necessary. It is a real concern in itself that Members fear that information that should properly be withheld might be released. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 should not inhibit the flow of the information that is so valuable in our modern society, and I would not want our constituents to feel that they cannot ask their...

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

Bridget Prentice: ...authority prior to the commencement of the Act, should the Bill ever become an Act, will be treated as though the Act were not in force. It would be for both Houses of Parliament to comply with freedom of information requests received up to the date of commencement. Amendment No. 26 would put a limit on the exemption, and that is inconsistent with the rest of the Freedom of Information Act...

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

Bridget Prentice: ...as he will know, on every occasion on which the Bill has been before the House, whether on consideration of amendments or otherwise, I, representing the Government and the Department that deals with freedom of information, have not voted in favour of it.

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

Bridget Prentice: Not only did we support the Act, but we are the Government who brought in the Freedom of Information Act. I cannot think how our support for freedom of information and for the release of information by the 110,000 public authorities that are subject to the Act could be more obvious.

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

Bridget Prentice: I am grateful to my hon. Friend, because she allows me to explain why I feel that the amendments would make the Freedom of Information Act more difficult to operate and complicate the work of the 110,000 public bodies that have embraced freedom of information.

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

Bridget Prentice: ...is for the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (David Maclean), whose Bill this is, to justify its being before the House; it is for me, as a member of the Government in whose Department freedom of information sits, to explain why the amendments are not appropriate. Amendment No. 2 would remove or limit the power of the new exemption for Members' correspondence in the Bill....

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

Bridget Prentice: The original intention was to exempt Parliament from the Freedom of Information Act. It was a later decision that brought Parliament within its scope. Let me put one point clearly on the record. There has been much discussion of the role of the Data Protection Act. That Act applies only to personal data. Where a Member's correspondence contains personal data it should be withheld only if...