A more contemptuous decision is hard to imagine.
MP's exempt themselves from the Freedom of Information Act
Times Online
May 18, 2007
A move to exempt Parliament from freedom of information law has been approved by MPs after attempts to block it in the Commons failed.
MPs brushed aside accusations that they were creating one law for themselves and another for those they govern as they voted through the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill.
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Yep. The point of the Freedom of Information act was that it made Parliament in particular open to scrutiny. That will be gone if this bill is passed. Shame, Freedom of information Act was quite a brave policy from New Labour in their more idealistic first term in government.
I agree with this chap:
'Mark Fisher, a Labour MP, protested, saying: “This Bill shuffles everything to do with freedom of information under the carpet. People will be aghast and horrified and totally contemptuous of Parliament that we could place ourselves above the law in this country. We are going to bring this House into derision, contempt and discredit with this Bill.”
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