London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill

The status of LOGOC in regard to freedom of information will be kept under review and considered again once this Bill passes into legislation and LOGOC fully settles down into its role in regard to the games, as provided by the host city contract. More generally, the Freedom of Information Act has been in place for a very limited time only, as the noble Baroness will know. The Government have to take stock of the requirements under the Act over a range of their activities. As LOGOC is such a new organisation, and this pattern is still bedding down, we are reserving our position to review LOGOC in relation to the Freedom of Information Act. I realise that that is a far-from-satisfactory answer to the noble Baroness, but she will recognise that, on the Freedom of Information Act, not everything is easy. This is the second year of the Act and there are many challenges to which we must respond. At this point, we want to reserve our position on a new body such as LOGOC, which is fitting into a new structure under a unique provision to create a successful 2012 Olympics.