Results 1-4 of 4 for "freedom of information" speaker:Joan Ruddock
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Trust (13 Oct 2008)
Joan Ruddock: I have been asked to reply. Bodies specified as subject to the Freedom of Information Act (in schedule 1 to the Act) are thereby also subject to the Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs). But, this apart, there is no definitive list of organisations covered by the EIRs. All bodies which carry out functions of public administration and bodies that are under the control of a public...
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Northern Rock: Environment Protection (3 Apr 2008)
Joan Ruddock: ...not fall under Regulation 2 (2). Article 18 of the Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 SI No. 432 deems Northern Rock not to be a publicly-owned company for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and nor is it performing a function of public administration. I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given on 21 February 2008, Official Report, columns...
- [Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Refuse Collection (28 Feb 2008)
Joan Ruddock: ...and power, which is a very positive technology that we see a great deal of on the continent. Let me look at the other questions that I want to respond to. The hon. Member for Beckenham referred to a freedom of information request that had been successful on a consultation that I understood her to say was on alternate weekly collections. We have not done a consultation on AWC that has been...
- King's Cross Fire (Fennell Report) (12 Apr 1989)
Ms Joan Ruddock: ...given the alarming number of reported fires still occurring in the system. The public have the right to know, and the Secretary of State must ensure from now on that there is no limit on the freedom of information in matters of public safety. The lessons of the Fennell inquiry are far-reaching for London Underground, but they have wider implications too. We have 38 km of rail tunnel...