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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 20 February 2008.

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Photo of Gordon Brown Gordon Brown The Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party 11:30, 20 February 2008

Not at all, and perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will publish the reports from the Midlands Industrial Council, which is a Conservative organisation. Everyone in the country will know that, in a competitive mortgage market, it would be ridiculous to ask Northern Rock to publish every detail of its business plans. Commercial confidentiality has to be respected in the running of the company, and he should be the first to support it.

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David Clark
Posted on 21 Feb 2008 5:42 pm (Report this annotation)

But there is a difference between asking Northern Rock to publish "every detail" and giving it total relief from the Freedom Of Information Act. Cameron's point about other public commercial organisations has been ignored totally by the PM.