Part of Point of Order – in the House of Commons at 3:33 pm on 12 June 2007.
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000;
to remove the provisions permitting Ministers to overrule decisions of the Information Commissioner and Information Tribunal;
to limit the time allowed for public authorities to respond to requests involving consideration of the public interest;
to amend the definition of public authorities;
and for connected purposes.
Members of this House—those who were whipped into voting for the Bill and those who failed to anticipate the skulduggery and subterfuge in which Front Benchers were willing to connive that Friday—have an opportunity to repair some of the damage caused by that capricious and self-serving vote—
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Richard Taylor
Posted on 2 Nov 2010 12:27 pm (Report this annotation)
On the 7th of September 2010 Mr Brake tried again to bring in this Bill; as this attempt never resulted in the measures proposed becoming law.
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-09-07a.203.0