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Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill

Would we not have a particular problem in our constituencies and boroughs? If our correspondence is protected in the way outlined in the private Member’s Bill of the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (David Maclean), what do we say to councillors in our own borough who say, ““Why don’t we have the same protection?? Councillors could ask, ““Is our correspondence less important than yours?? That correspondence may be about the same problem. It may be quite likely that someone has written to both of us, so—