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Protection of Freedoms Bill

My Lords, what the noble Baroness has said is certainly a move in the right direction and that pleases me considerably. I hope that developments of the kind she has suggested will be brought about and that that will be done without undue delay. This is a serious problem, as the statement made by the Information Commission has shown, so I hope that things will go forward. I will withdraw the amendment but I will bring it back again at the Report stage if there is any reason to believe that there is undue delay or a backward movement in what is proposed. Amendment 71A withdrawn. Clause 79 : Restriction on information provided to certain persons Clause 79 : Restriction on information provided to certain persons Amendment 72 had been renumbered as Amendment 75A. Amendment 73 Moved by