Debates between Carolyn Harris and Matt Hancock during the 2015-2017 Parliament

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Carolyn Harris and Matt Hancock
Wednesday 27th January 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Carolyn Harris Portrait Carolyn Harris (Swansea East) (Lab)
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12. What recent progress he has made on implementing the Government’s transparency agenda.

Matt Hancock Portrait The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Matthew Hancock)
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This morning we published further spending transparency data, which the Cabinet Office is committed to do as part of our agenda to be the most transparent Government ever.

Carolyn Harris Portrait Carolyn Harris
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I thank the Minister of transparency for that response, but does he not agree that it is very difficult for him to lead by example on the transparency agenda when his own Department is being investigated by the Information Commissioner for refusing to publish routine spending data?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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It sounds like the hon. Lady wrote her supplementary question before she got the previous answer, because we published that information this morning. What is more, we are publishing Cabinet minutes at twice the pace that we ever saw under the previous Labour Government.