Results 1-5 of 5 for "freedom of information" speaker:John Redwood
- Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Cost of Living (24 Jun 2008) has video
John Redwood: ...voting record was examined and whether only the dovish ones who would vote for lower rates before elections were reappointed. No answer was forthcoming from the Treasury. This Government, who introduced the Freedom of Information Act 2000, will not even tell a Member of this House of Commons why they reappointed some MPC members but not others. They will not even tell me what the criteria...
- Orders of the Day — Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (9 Feb 2006)
John Redwood: ...abuse by criminals and potential criminals and it does not necessarily inform the public, but it represents a very large burden indeed. How many times have hon. Members tried to use data protection and freedom of information to find out legitimate things from the Government only to find that, under existing legislation, there are ways to block that legitimate inquiry and stifle one's...
- Clause 3: Amendment of Schedule 1 (27 Nov 2000)
Mr John Redwood: I shall give way in a moment, when I have made some progress. There is very little time because of the ridiculous guillotine on this important devolution and freedom of information legislation. The Assembly was insulted. Although the Minister will not clarify this, we believe from the debate that the First Secretary—who is of the Minister's own political party, we thought—had to...
- Orders of the Day — Interpretation (27 Nov 2000)
Mr John Redwood: ...guillotine week, has my hon. Friend any idea of how many amendments may be guillotined? There will be more than 1,000. Could it be 2,000? Will he tell us how many will be guillotined on the Freedom of Information Bill and the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill?
- Orders of the Day — Trade, Industry, Education and Employment (25 Nov 1998)
Mr John Redwood: ...Europe, but they have sold us out in Europe on taxation and labour market regulation. They said that they would encourage manufacturing, but they are closing it down. They said that they believed in freedom of information, but in practice they believe in secrecy. I see that the Secretary of State does not believe that he should listen to these important charges against the Government. He...