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date	22/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make any changes to freedom of information legislation, in particular on the use of false names when seeking disclosure; and if so, what changes they propose, and when will they be brought forward.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL6309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government established the Freedom of Information Commission to review the Freedom of Information Act and we will give careful consideration to its recommendations. Section 8(1)(b) of the FOI Act already requires applicants to provide their real name.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 03/03/2016 14:54:11 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

439682

registered interest
date	21/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Inquiries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which public inquiries they set up between May 1997 and January 2004; and what was the purpose of each.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>This information was made available as part of the evidence provided by the Government to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Inquiries Act 2005:</p><p>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldselect/ldinquiries/143/14318.htm</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 08/01/2016 14:51:31 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL4758 Table of inquiries under other Acts and non-statutory inquiries as at 03... (1).doc title Table of Inquiries under other Acts
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

439683

registered interest
date	21/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Inquiries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the financial year 2003–04, what was the total cost of each public inquiry conducted; and what was paid to each inquiry chairman, including expenses and VAT.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>The information in relation to this time period is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the total cost on completion of those inquiries which span this time period is available as part of the evidence provided by the Government to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Inquiries Act 2005:</p><p>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldselect/ldinquiries/143/14318.htm</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 08/01/2016 14:41:04 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL4759 Table of inquiries under other Acts and non-statutory inquiries as at 03... (1).doc title Table of Inquiries under other Acts
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

432108

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider amending electoral law to provide for and require the amounts and details of parliamentary candidates' election expenses to be published online, and whether this could be implemented voluntarily in the meantime.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Electoral legislation sets out the process for publicising the details and amounts of candidates’ election expenses; election expenses are made available for two years after they are submitted.</p><br /><p>Current electoral law does not expressly require candidates’ election expenses to be published online, but nor is this expressly excluded.</p><br /><p>The Law Commission has raised the matter of online publication of this information in their review of electoral law. This review is on-going and we are awaiting the recommendations of the Law Commission before consideration is given to further legislation in respect of this matter.</p><br /><p>The Government is therefore not persuaded of the need to change legislation at this time.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 08/12/2015 17:20:17 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird