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FoI restrictions stall in the Lords.(Freedom of Information )(House of Lords )
Byline: Laura Smith
FoI restrictions stall in the Lords
Laura Smith
Controversial plans by MPs to exempt themselves from the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act have stalled in the House of Lords after failing to find a sponsor willing to introduce them.
The private members bill that would exempt members of parliament from having to release information under the Act cannot now be introduced before the summer recess on 26 July.
If a sponsor can be found, Conservative MP David Maclean's Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill could be introduced in the autumn, but probably in a watered-down form.
As IWR reported last month, the bill would free MPs from having to release correspondence with their constituents, and remove the legal duty on public bodies to disclose any correspondence with MPs.
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