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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

MPs press on with freedom of information clamp

MPs are going ahead with their plans to exempt themselves from the Freedom of Information Act. Former Tory whip David Maclean claims his private members' bill, a two-clause amendment to the FoI Act, is necessary to protect MPs' constituency correspondence. But FoI campaigners Norman Baker and Richard Shepherd are fighting the move. (Via Press Gazette)

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