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Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill

On the subject of guidelines, has my hon. Friend seen the four pages of detailed guidelines relating to the handling of MPs’ correspondence? They are so woolly that it is as if they were written by 10 QCs on different sides of the argument. On the one hand, one may do this or that, this may be released, that may be secret, one may consult or one may not consult. It is almost impossible to follow the guidelines and that is why we need a simple Act of Parliament stating that in all circumstances our correspondence is protected.

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Reference

460 c937 

Session

2006-07

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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