NHS Risk Register Debate
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Robert Buckland
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(12 years, 3 months ago)
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Chris Skidmore
I am, as I have the parliamentary Labour party brief—I can see that that is on the back of it.
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con)
My hon. Friend’s point about the Information Commissioner’s decision is vital, because the public interest test is the test applied at the time of the request. That makes the decision interesting but, frankly, historical rather than relevant to the issues raised by Members today.
Chris Skidmore
Absolutely. We are debating whether we should release a register that is no longer relevant and that was written in autumn 2010, at the time of the request on 29 November. The topic is completely irrelevant, as the debate has moved on. We ought to be talking about reform and why we need it. We have wasted six hours of parliamentary time today discussing an out-of-date risk register.