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Freedom of Information Act (23 Oct 2006): Grant Shapps: I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss the Freedom of Information Act 2000, especially as the debate coincides with some proposed changes to the Act, which are in danger of changing it for the worse. I start at the point when the Act was first imagined by the then Leader of the Opposition who spoke about freedom of information at an awards ceremony in March 1996. He said that...
Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: NHS Workforce and Service Development (11 Oct 2006): Grant Shapps: ...another day. I tell the Secretary of State that that is an unacceptable situation, which is a direct consequence of the financial crisis that we are experiencing. Another fact, sourced through a freedom of information request, is that there has been a 40 per cent. increase in the number of operations cancelled merely for administrative reasons, because, for example, the operating theatre...
Missed NHS Appointments (3 May 2006): Grant Shapps: ...that the NHS trust would accept the money, and that it might help to make up for his missed appointment. That case sparked my interest in the subject, and the Minister will be interested to hear that I then fired off freedom of information requests to each of the 245 acute trusts in the country. I cannot reveal the details yet because I have not got all the information together. On Monday,...

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