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Written Answers — International Development: Access to Information (26 Mar 2002)

Ms Clare Short: Since November 2001, the Department for International Development has made available the following administrative manuals and internal guidance under its Freedom of Information Pilot Publication Scheme: Office Instructions; Evaluation Guidelines and Records Management Guidance. Such guidance was not made available proactively under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Written Answers — International Development: Freedom of Information Act (16 Nov 2001)

Ms Clare Short: DFID's Knowledge and Communications Committee oversees preparations for the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The committee considered freedom of information issues at its meetings in July and November of this year.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Primary Education (5 Jul 2000)

Ms Clare Short: ...to have a bigger programme, but our staffing is small. There has not been a big increase in administration costs, but we have published the details of all our strategies and programmes—that is freedom of information that was hidden by the previous Government. Publication costs money, but it allows people in developing countries to know about the programmes that are for their benefit....

Terrorism (24 Feb 1992)

Ms Clare Short: ...or demerits of the Act. There is nothing improper and there is nothing that the public should not know. We have even been told this weekend that the Prime Minister may suddenly be in favour of a freedom of information Act. If we had such an Act, everyone in the world would be able to see the documentation to which I am referring. I have described the mood and the fear. The Bill was put...