Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martin Linton (Labour), on Thursday, 24 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 53 members in total.

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT BILL AND CONSTITUENTS' CORRESPONDENCE

That this House believes that it would be totally wrong to remove the House of Commons from the scope of the Freedom of Information Act while leaving 110,000 other public bodies within its scope; considers that the House of Commons should be on the same footing as other public bodies; acknowledges that it is vital that the Act continues to exempt correspondence between hon. Members and constituents and continues to exempt the identity and personal details of constituents if they are referred to in correspondence between hon. Members and public bodies; acknowledges that risks can arise if constituents' identities and personal details are disclosed in error; and believes that a clarification of the law governing the disclosure of hon. Members' correspondence would be welcomed on all sides.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1565 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Mark Fisher

Patrick Hall

Lord Whitehead

Baroness Brown of Silvertown

Mary Creagh

Subjects

Freedom of information House of Commons Members' constituency work

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk