David Winnick MP
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David Winnick MP (Labour) MP for Walsall North
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[edit] Freedom of Information
A leading opponent of the controversial bid to exempt MP's from the Freedom of Information Act. The Guardian reports in MPs back 'squalid' curbs on FoI 18 May 2007
- "I believe it is wrong. I believe it is against the interest of parliament. I believe we are in danger of bringing ourselves into disrepute."
- "The House of Commons should set an example to the country of honesty and integrity, not find some squalid little way in order to get out of the law."
Signed Early Day Motion 2699 Freedom of Information 10 December 2006
- That this House welcomes the finding of the Constitutional Affairs Committee (HC991) that the Freedom of Information Act has `already brought about the release of significant new information and....this information is being used in a constructive and positive way' and the committee's conclusion that it sees `no need to change' the Act's charging arrangements; views with concern reports that the Government is considering changing these arrangements to permit an application fee to be charged for all requests or to allow authorities to refuse, on cost grounds, a significant proportion of requests which they currently must answer; and considers that such changes could undermine the Act's benefits of increased openness, accountability and trust in the work of public authorities.
[edit] Identity cards
House of Commons debate Identity Cards 16 January 2006
- May I suggest to my right hon. Friend, in the friendliest way possible, that it might be useful if the Cabinet looked again at the whole issue of identity cards in view of the growing concern about not only the cost, but the database, about which, unlike other databases that he has mentioned, the Information Commissioner has issued a very clear warning over privacy and civil liberties? As regards the previous question, is it not a fact that the last leader of the Tory party was very keen on identity cards?
[edit] News
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- 2007-05-18 - The Guardian - MPs back 'squalid' curbs on FoI
- Author: Hélène Mulholland
- Summary: MPs today backed a controversial bid to exempt themselves from the Freedom of Information Act - a move described by opponents as "squalid". ... Senior Labour MP David Winnick (Walsall North), a leading opponent, condemned the proposed changes as a "squalid" measure. "I believe it is wrong. I believe it is against the interest of parliament. I believe we are in danger of bringing ourselves into disrepute." "The House of Commons should set an example to the country of honesty and integrity, not find some squalid little way in order to get out of the law."
- 2005-10-18 - BBC - ID card vote: rebel Labour MPs
- Summary: Twenty-one Labour MPs voted against the government on the introduction of ID cards, slashing the government's majority to 32. David Winnick was one of those MPs.
- 2005-06-29 - BBC - MPs narrowly back ID cards plan
- Summary: Ministers have won a Commons vote over their controversial ID cards plan but their majority was cut from 67 to 31. ... During the debate, Labour MP David Winnick said he questioned ministers' judgement in bringing the bill forward and whether they had considered all its implications.
- 2004-11-25 - The Guardian - Ministers hope to win ID cards fight with help of Tory splits
- Author: Patrick Wintour
- Summary: ID cards are seen as the blockbuster bill for the coming session, with the Liberal Democrats and some Labour libertarians deeply opposed. ... MPs including Neil Gerrard, Mick Clapham, Lynne Jones and David Winnick have recently criticised aspects of the bill, and as many as 40 Labour MPs have expressed doubts about it.
