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  Banking (Special Provisions) Bill - Freedom of Information
  
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  <p>The majority (in the House of Lords) voted that the <b>Freedom of Information Act</b> should apply[1] to any "body corporate" to which securities, property, rights and liabilities have been transfered by the Treasury from an "authorised UK deposit-taker", according to the powers of the <b>Banking (Special Provisions) Bill</b>.[2]</p>
  
  <p>This requirement was removed by a subsequent vote in the House of Commons.[3]</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2008-02-21a.275.8#g315.3"> Lord Hunt of Wirral</a>, House of Lords, 21 February 2008.</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldbills/034/08034.i-ii.html">Banking (Special Provisions) Bill</a>, House of Lords version.</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2008-02-21&number=92">Division 92</a>, House of Commons, 21 February 2008.</li>
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