Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 Feb 2018
Leaving the EU: Agriculture
"I am not convinced that defining a specific voting system now would be particularly helpful. I would not have a problem with the system being more devolved in England, if only there were a government structure to allow that to happen, because farmers in Devon do not necessarily need the …..."Peter Grant - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 Feb 2018
Leaving the EU: Agriculture
"Yorkshire, absolutely—we could possibly even split Yorkshire into north and south, if the hon. Gentleman wants to go that far.
Decisions used to be taken by Ministers or civil servants in the ivory towers of Whitehall and imposed on communities the length and breadth of these islands, but those days …..."Peter Grant - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"1. What estimate the Commission has made of the cost of introducing electronic voting in the Chamber. ..."Peter Grant - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"While I accept that this is not primarily a matter for the Commission to decide, does the right hon. Gentleman not agree that before we spend astronomical sums on refurbishing this place, the Commission should at the very least build in the capacity for electronic voting in the future, should …..."Peter Grant - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"13. What assessment she has made of the potential effect on her Department of a vote to leave the European Union in the forthcoming referendum...."Peter Grant - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"The question explicitly asked what assessment had been made of the potential impact of leaving the European Union. We can only assume from the Minister’s lack of answer that the answer to that question is: none whatever. The Minister will be aware that, thanks to our links with Europe, the …..."Peter Grant - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 9th July 2015
Asked by:
Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
Answered by George Eustice
The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of occasions that Defra has applied the exemption in Section 38(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the last 5 years. This is available in table 10 of the annual reports:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/423487/foi-statistics-oct-dec-2014-annual.pdf
Defra does not hold figures on the use of sections 38(1) (a) and (b) individually.
Written Question
Thursday 9th July 2015
Asked by:
Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
Answered by George Eustice
The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of occasions that Defra has applied the exemption in Section 38(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the last 5 years. This is available in table 10 of the annual reports:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/423487/foi-statistics-oct-dec-2014-annual.pdf
Defra does not hold figures on the use of sections 38(1) (a) and (b) individually.
Written Question
Thursday 9th July 2015
Asked by:
Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Answered by George Eustice
No guidance has been issued to staff in my Department on the application of Guidance No.19 produced by the Information Commissioner's Office concerning section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act. The Ministry of Justice has published guidance on the use of this exemption:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance.