Proceeding contribution from Stuart Bell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 February 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Can the Secretary of State confirm that the Freedom of Information Act is not to be used like Wikipedia, which people can add to and subtract from, and to which any fraudster can introduce themselves and distort the record? Will he reconfirm what he has just said—that 78,000 documents have been released under the Act? Is it not in accordance with our constitution, going back to Bagehot and others, that we have Cabinet Government and an Executive accountable to this House? If this House is not holding the Executive to account, it is this House that fails, and it does not need any Freedom of Information Act to fulfil its duties.
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- 2008-09
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Disclosure of information Armed conflict Attorney General Cabinet Freedom of information Iraq Legal opinion International law Ministerial powers Meetings Cabinet papers Iraq conflict Information Commissioner's Office Information Tribunal
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- Freedom of Information Act 2000
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- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
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