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Orders of the Day: Northern Rock (31 Mar 2008) has video

Richard Spring: ..., we have to be satisfied that the arrangements will be satisfactorily monitored by the FSA. I should add in passing that Northern Rock will not be a publicly owned company for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act—a key element in the whole Northern Rock picture. After the regulatory failure of Northern Rock as a public company, is the Minister satisfied that there the FSA...

Orders of the Day: Banking (Special Provisions) Bill (19 Feb 2008)

Richard Spring: ..., when such a huge sum of taxpayers' money is clearly at risk? Now we understand that the very details of how the bank will be faring are to be denied to us through an exemption from the Freedom of Information Act 2000. That is an absolute disgrace. The Chancellor has been tilting at City bonuses recently, yet a whole series of bankers and lawyers will be rejoicing at the opportunity that...

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Freedom of Information (7 Jan 2008)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what proportion of the Freedom of Information requests his Department has received in the last 12 months were answered with (a) the information requested, (b) a refusal and (c) a partial disclosure (i) within 20 working days and (ii) after more than 20 working days.

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences Bill: Restrictions on the Provision of Information (30 Apr 1993)

Mr Richard Spring: May I refer to one of myths surrounding this subject? Although there is a Freedom of Information Act in Denmark, its application is nothing like what is proposed in the Bill. The commercial sensitivity provisions are restrictive in Denmark to protect the pharmaceuticals industry there. It is not true that it is open season for information in Denmark, although—uniquely in the EC...

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Citizens Charter (23 Nov 1992)

Mr Richard Spring: Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is extraordinary that the Opposition parties, who are supposed to be so committed to freedom of information, are so opposed to the publication of information about schools' performance which has been so widely welcomed by many parents around the country?

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