The Campaign has joined a coalition of more than 30 NGOs urging peers to support amendments to Part 4 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, which proposes significant restrictions on the procedure for judicial review.
Joint NGO briefing on Part 4 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Read More »
Briefing for a debate on 5 December 2001 in the House of Lords on a motion calling for earlier implementation of the FOI Act’s right of access for central government.
Delayed implementation of the Freedom of Information Act Read More »
Following The Guardian’s recent reports that implementation of the Freedom of Information Act may be significantly delayed, the Campaign has produced a briefing describing the damaging consequences of this. The delay would contradict what MPs were told as the Act went through Parliament and would defer the new rights of access beyond the point that
Government to abandon FOI timetable? Read More »
Briefing for the Lords debate on the Regulations for access to information and meetings in local authorities, held on 8 February 2001. It explains the Campaign’s concern that the Regulations could lead to greater secrecy in local government.
Local government and openness: briefing for a Lords debate Read More »
Briefing for the Lords Third Reading Stage of the Freedom of Information Bill on 22nd November, containing notes on selected amendments which the Campaign supported. It also explains in more detail why the Campaign does not accept the claim made by the Liberal Democrat peers that their amendments to clause 2 effectively transform the bill’s
FOI Bill: Lords Third Reading Briefing Read More »
Briefing for the Lords Report Stage of the Freedom of Information Bill on 14th and 15th November explaining why the Campaign is deeply disappointed at the agreement reached between the Liberal Democrats and the government. It also describes some of the key amendments.
FOI Bill: Report Stage Briefing Read More »
Briefing paper setting out some of the BSE Inquiry’s findings about secrecy and the implications for the Freedom of Information Bill.
BSE and Secrecy: Implications for the FOI Bill Read More »
Complete set of detailed briefing papers for the Lords committee stage of the Freedom of Information Bill, which ended on 25 October 2000. For a short summary of the key issues see pages 1-5 of the first briefing paper.
Lords committee stage: Collected briefings on FOI Bill Read More »
Guide to amendments tabled for the Lords committee stage of the Freedom of Information Bill, the first day of which will take place on 17 October.
FOI Bill: Guide to amendments for Lords committee stage Read More »
Lords Committee Stage Note on Government amendments Revised 7 September 2000 Introduction The government’s amendments for the Lords committee stage of the FOI bill appeared on the Parliament internet site on July 31(*). The amendments themselves provide a number of modest improvements to the bill But they fail to address the outstanding concerns raised about
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