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  Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill - Limitation to expenses
  
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  <p>The issue before the House was the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/039/07039.i-i.html#NewClause">Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill</a>, which was intended to change the <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00036--p.htm#sch1">Freedom of Information Act 2000</a> so that it no longer applied to Parliament or any correspondence sent MP to any other part of Government.</p>
  
  <p>Prior to this Bill, there had been a dispute over requests for the detailed expenses from MPs.[1]</p>
  
  <p>In this division, the majority of MPs voted against limiting the proposed blanket Parliamentary exemption from the Freedom of Information Act to information concerning their financial expenditure.[2]</p>
  
  <p>Because no MP shouted "Object" when the Bill was originally read on the floor of the House,[3] there was no Second Reading debate.  However, there was a brief committee session.[4]</p>
  
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  <li>[1] <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2007/04/mps_expenses_what_next.html">MPs' expenses - what next?</a>, Martin Rosenbaum (27 April 2007).</li>
  <li>[2] <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2007-04-20b.551.4">Clause 1 â Exemption of House of Commons and House of Lords</a>, Simon Hughes (20 April 2007).</li>
  <li>[3] <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-01-19b.1115.1">Remaining Private Members' Bills</a> 19 January 2007.</li>
  <li>[4] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmpublic/freedom/070207/am/70207s01.htm">Public Bill Committee</a> 7 February 2007.</li>
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