Proceeding contribution from Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Friday, 20 April 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill.
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill
We are not just talking about the public now. I do not know whether the hon. Members for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick) and for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd) saw the comment item in yesterday’s edition of The Times entitled ““What do MPs think they’ve got to hide? or the article in The Sunday Times on 11 March entitled ““Official secrecy is back on the rise?, but people are beginning to notice that freedom of information is not all that it was said to be or hoped to be.
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- 2006-07
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- Data protection Accountability Allowances Correspondence Freedom of information House of Lords House of Commons Exemptions Members Public opinion Travel Standards Parliamentary questions Members' constituency work
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- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2006-07
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