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  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill - Clause 6 - Information
  
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  @ MP voted aye to make the Advanced Research and Invention Agency subject to the transparency requirements contained within the Freedom of Information Act and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. 
  
  
  @ MP voted no not to make the Advanced Research and Invention Agency subject to the transparency requirements contained within the Freedom of Information Act and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to make the Advanced Research and Invention Agency subject to the transparency requirements contained within the Freedom of Information Act and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. 
  
  MPs were considering the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill[1][2][3]
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 14, page 3, line 15, at end insertâ
  
  :â(7) ARIA shall beâ
  
  :(a) a public authority within the meaning of section 3 of the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents Freedom of Information Act 2000], and Schedule 1 of that Act shall be amended accordingly, and
  
  :(b) a central government authority within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made Public Contracts Regulations 2015], and Schedule 1 of those Regulations shall be amended accordingly.
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2836 Parliament's webpage on the  Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0264/200264.pdf The Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill as (re)introduced on 12 May 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/41442/documents/217 Explanatory notes to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill as (re)introduced on 12 May 2021], Parliament.uk
  
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  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  