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Proceeding contribution from Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 October 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Governance of Britain.

Governance of Britain

I welcome the Government's acceptance of the Constitutional Affairs Committee's view that freedom of information should not be restricted by new charges and that confirmation hearings for judges would be a bad idea, but why does the consultation paper not take account of the wide extent to which judges, from the Lord Chief Justice down to local magistrates, now appear before the Committee and give valuable evidence? Why was it more urgent to revisit a judicial appointments system that has just been set up than to look at issues such as the post-devolution governance of England, on which the Committee will be taking hearings in the near future?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
465 c416 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
House of Commons Disclosure of information Data protection Armed forces Demonstrations Armed conflict Constitutions Deployment British constitution Democracy Freedom of information House of Lords Judiciary Judges Powers of entry Personal records Police Powers Public appointments Privacy Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny National Audit Office Treaties Information Commissioner's Office Committee of Public Accounts Royal prerogative
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