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Freedom of Information

The statutory instrument restricts the scope of the Act, which places an obligation on the House authorities to disclose information. It does not apply to anything that an hon. Member might want to do in the future or might have done in the past. It simply provides the rules that the House authorities will have to comply with in respect of what they do. They will not have to say to themselves, ““Has this particular Member put his or her address in the public domain? Yes, they have, so I'll put his or her address up on the website.”” They will know that it is a category of information that comes within the scope of the restrictions and that they therefore do not disclose it.