Results 1-11 of 11 for "freedom of information" speaker:Jonathan Djanogly

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

Jonathan Djanogly: ...interesting debate and let me say at the outset that the Conservative party remains neutral on this Bill. As many Members have pointed out, a balance clearly needs to be struck between ensuring that freedom of information requests can be made to maintain accountability, and between the right of elected Members to carry out their business and represent their constituents' interests without...

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

Jonathan Djanogly: ...was to Members' travel allowances, need prevent us from action here. It would, however, have been helpful if the Information Commissioner had gone further and expressed the interrelationship between freedom of information and data protection in wider terms than he did in his judgment, not least because it would have prevented much of the existing confusion about MPs' staffing arrangements...

Companies Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 4): Clause 857 — Appointment of the independent supervisor (6 Nov 2006)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...Commons. We are certainly pleased that the Government are giving way on the issue. I congratulate Baroness Noakes and our noble Friends for persevering on the point. The amendments would relate the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the professional oversight board of the Financial Reporting Council. The issue was comprehensively debated by their lordships, so I do not want to rerun the...

Written Answers — Constitutional Affairs: Freedom of Information Act (12 Oct 2006)

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how costs are currently calculated in relation to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and whether she has any plans to change the basis for this calculation.

Public Bill Committee: Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Clause 857 (4 Jul 2006)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...2)”— I think that that should be subsection (3)— “provides for the appointment of the Independent Supervisor to have the effect of making it subject to the obligations of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.” I think that the notes are wrong. “Subsections (4), (5) and (6) provide that a body may be appointed as Independent supervisor of an...

Public Bill Committee: Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Clause 747 (4 Jul 2006)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...24 April, an article in The Daily Telegraph read: “Companies House has admitted that it has been losing companies' reports and accounts at a rate of nearly 10 a month. The official registry of UK companies admitted in a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by The Daily Telegraph that it lost 190 accounts between March 2004 and October 2005. The figure applied to cases...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords] (13 Dec 2005)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...." We agree. The fundamental legal aid review was announced by the hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr. Lammy) in May 2004. On 19 July this year, I made a request to the Department of Constitutional Affairs under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the review. The relevant DCA press release stated that the review would be "a far-reaching study into the underlying legal aid...

Orders of the Day — Violent Crime Reduction Bill: Clause 27 — Prohibition on sale or transfer of air weapons except by registered dealers (14 Nov 2005)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...failed to do that. The Government have yet to publish anything that relates to the 4,000-odd responses to the May 2004 consultation paper on controls on firearms. I submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, but it elicited the entirely unsatisfactory response that the information would still not be released. This adds further weight to our grave concerns about the...

Public Bill Committee: Violent Crime Reduction Bill: Clause 30 - Manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms (25 Oct 2005)

Jonathan Djanogly: It would be nice to see the results of the Home Office consultation, but we have not had that pleasure. I have made a freedom of information request to the Minister for details of that consultation, but we have received nothing. The hon. Gentleman might be making an interesting point, but if we had   seen the returns on the evidence he might have a better point. In the meantime, I return...

Public Bill Committee: Violent Crime Reduction Bill: Clause 24 - Using someone to mind a weapon (20 Oct 2005)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...on the amendment to firearms legislation specifies that there were some 4,371 responses to that May 2004 consultation. However, the Opposition have so far seen nothing. In fact, I recently submitted a Freedom of Information Act request, which elicited the entirely unsatisfactory response from the Minister that there will be a review by 8 November. By that time this Committee will be long...

Public Bill Committee: Enterprise Bill: Clause 6 - Provision of information etc. to the public (16 Apr 2002)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: ...would be unfortunate if the legislation could be used to gain an unfair advantage over a competitor. That is of great concern and is relevant in countries such as the United States that have greater freedom of information than we do. The clauses talk about publishing information. What about unpublished information? How long would the OFT keep the information after the investigation cleared...