Tag Archives: Freedom of Information

Where is the COVID “internal lessons learned review”?

Posted on June 2, 2021 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday in the House of Commons my MP, Caroline Lucas asked a very clear question and was ignored by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock. Sadly she and many other MPs do get ignored … Continue reading →

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Freedom under review

Posted on July 19, 2015 by ianchisnall

On Friday, the Government announced that it was forming an Independent Commission to review the Freedom of Information legislation and its implementation. The announcement can be found here and it claims that the Government fully supports the Freedom of Information … Continue reading →

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How much is rotten part 2

Posted on October 14, 2011 by ianchisnall

When I wrote my blog yesterday morning on the mired state of the Defence Secretary (who as I suggested, might not be in post much longer – clearly not a difficult prediction!) and his colleague the Education Secretary, I could not have imagined that … Continue reading →

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How much is rotten in the state of Westminster

Posted on October 13, 2011 by ianchisnall

In May 2010 it was clear that the new cabinet arrived in Whitehall with almost no knowledge of its processes and even less sympathy with existing programmes and initiatives. Any new management is bound to want to make changes and the perceived … Continue reading →

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