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  Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill - Third Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye to exempt correspondence between a Member of Parliament and a public authority from disclosure under Freedom of Information law.
  @ MP voted no not to exempt correspondence between a Member of Parliament and a public authority from disclosure under Freedom of Information law.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of a Bill[1] which would have exempted  correspondence between a Member of Parliament and a public authority from disclosure under Freedom of Information law.
  
  Owing to no member of the House of Lords picking it up, the proposal was deliberately lost in the Parliamentary process.[2]
  
  Later, Tom Brake MP proposed an alternative Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill to:[3][4]
  
  * remove the provisions permitting Ministers to overrule decisions of the Information Commissioner and Information Tribunal; 
  * limit the time allowed for public authorities to respond to requests involving consideration of the public interest; and 
  * amend the definition of public authorities.
  
  But the session ended before it could reach a debate.
  
  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/039/07039.i-i.html#NewClause Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill] to the [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00036--p.htm#sch1 Freedom of Information Act 2000]
  * [2] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6750447.stm MP secrecy bill without sponsor], BBC News, 14 June 2007
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/121/07121.i-i.html  Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill], House of Lords, June 2007
  * [4] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-06-12b.660.0 Tom Brake MP], House of Commons, 12 June 2007 
  
  
  
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