Results 1-4 of 4 for "freedom of information" speaker:George Osborne

Points of Order: Emergency Debate — Pre-Budget Report (26 Nov 2008) has video

George Osborne: ...I would like the Chancellor to confirm or deny is that the Government were considering further increases in VAT—specifically, a rise to a 20 per cent. rate of VAT in 2012. We will put in our freedom of information request, but I would be most grateful if the Chancellor confirmed that rise as well.

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

George Osborne: ...to discuss these matters in Committee—that we shall be tabling a couple of other amendments. Labour Members might not be aware that article 18 of the draft order exempts Northern Rock from the Freedom of Information Act 2000, on the bizarre ground that it should not be treated as a publicly owned company. Royal Mail is not exempt. National Savings is not exempt, and neither is the...

Opposition Day — [8th allotted day]: Occupational Pensions (17 Apr 2007)

George Osborne: ...do well to tell us what the Treasury's estimate is of the damage done to British pensions by the money taken out of pension funds, but perhaps we shall have to wait a couple of years for the next freedom of information request.

Orders of the Day — Pensions Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 2 — Membership of the Regulator (18 May 2004)

Mr George Osborne: ...trustees, but should be an open public register, rather like the open public register of companies at Companies House. That would help with pension tracing, but as I said, it would also be useful in terms of freedom of information. The Minister said in Committee that this was a perfectly reasonable amendment. Although he was concerned about human rights, the right to privacy and so...