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  Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill - Exemption of Parliament - Expenses
  
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  <p>The Majority kept the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmbills/039/07039.i-i.html#NewClause">proposal</a> to exempt MPs from the <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00036--p.htm#sch1">Freedom of Information Act 2000</a>, and prevented it from being weakened so that it only exempted their expenses.</p>
  
  <p>This was to test a supposed reason behind the proposal, as a response to having had their expenses <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2007/04/mps_expenses_what_next.html">disclosed </a> against their will.
  
  <p>The Committee stage of the Bill is documented <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2007-04-20&number=94&mpn=Stephen_Hammond&mpc=Wimbledon">here</a>.</p>
  
  
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