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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bach.

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Lords statement on the use of the ministerial veto under Section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act in respect of minutes of two Cabinet meetings in March 2003 relating to Iraq.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
708 c130-42 
Session
2008-09
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-0814
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c135-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement and for giving it to us in advance. Liber...
Lord Kingsland | 708 c134-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I thank the right honourable gentleman the Secretary of State for Justice for makin...
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Lord Bach | 708 c130-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my rig...
Lord Fowler | 708 c137-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is a need for the maximum information about the reasons for the Iraq war. I think th...
Lord Bach | 708 c136-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their contributions, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kingsla...
Lord Bach | 708 c139 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am quite sure that various officials considered the complaint and that a collective deci...
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank | 708 c139 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my question was which individual made the decision. The Cabinet Office is not an instituti...
Lord Bach | 708 c139 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree very much with what my noble friend says. Indeed, it follows what the noble Lord, ...
Lord Bach | 708 c138 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for reminding me that I had not replied regarding the inqu...
Lord Ryder of Wensum | 708 c138 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the Government’s decision. Can the Minister please give us a clear underta...
Lord Bach | 708 c138 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that I can say that the memoirs that have appeared so far do not breach the concer...
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank | 708 c138 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on page 3 of the Statement there are references to the role of the Cabinet Office. It says...
Lord Bach | 708 c139 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I understand the procedure, the complainant would make his application to the relevant ...
Lord Bach | 708 c140 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not know. Not every request is considered by a Minister, but a request of this serio...
Lord Bach | 708 c140 (Link to this contribution) I did not hear that, my Lords.
Lord Bach | 708 c140 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, not every request is decided by a Minister.
Lord Bach | 708 c140 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is a great deal in what my noble friend says.
Lord Thomas of Gresford | 708 c140 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following the question of my noble friend Lord Rodgers, do I understand that the decisions...
Lord Bach | 708 c141 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. The point is that freedom of information appl...
Lord Soley | 708 c139 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I voted in favour of the Freedom of Information Act as an MP, but I knew at the time that ...
Lord Bach | 708 c140 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I understand it, there is ministerial responsibility for dealing with some requests. Ot...
Lord Butler of Brockwell | 708 c141 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like other noble Lords I support the Government’s decision in this case. Further to the po...
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 708 c139-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given what my noble friend has just said and what the Statement makes very clear about the...
Lord Mayhew of Twysden | 708 c140-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is it not a great pity, not that the Government have come to this decision—which I believe...
Lord Bach | 708 c141-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, who has huge practical experience in this field. I hear t...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Armed conflict Attorney General Cabinet Freedom of information Iraq Legal opinion International law Ministerial powers Meetings Iraq conflict Information Commissioner's Office Information Tribunal
Legislation
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Link
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