Freedom Of Information

EDM number 901 in 1998-99, proposed by Giles Radice on 19/10/1999.

That this House calls on the Government to include a freedom of information act in the coming Queen's Speech; welcomes the Home Secretary's willingness to reconsider the contents of the draft Freedom of Information Bill in light of the Public Administration Committee's recommendations; endorses the Committee's conclusion that 'an effective Bill needs to be based more firmly on clear rights and less on discretionary duties'; and calls on the Government to amend the draft bill to reflect the Committee's recommendations and in particular to (a) give the Information Commissioner, not ministers and authorities, the final word on when the public interest justifies disclosure and have the same power as the Commissioner under Ireland's Freedom of Information Act to compel disclosure on these grounds and (b) limit the all-embracing exemption for all information 'relating to the formulation or development of Government policy' so that it applies only where it can be shown that disclosure would be harmful and to exclude from this exemption factual information and its analysis, again in line with the Irish Act.

This motion has been signed by a total of 191 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Giles Radice	19/10/1999	North Durham	Labour	Proposed
Richard Shepherd	19/10/1999	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Seconded
Archy Kirkwood	19/10/1999	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin O'Neill	19/10/1999	Ochil	Labour	Seconded
Tony Wright	19/10/1999	Cannock Chase	Labour	Seconded
Robert Sheldon	19/10/1999	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Seconded
Ronnie Fearn	19/10/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	19/10/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	19/10/1999	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	19/10/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	19/10/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/10/1999	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	19/10/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	19/10/1999	Romford	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	19/10/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tommy Graham	19/10/1999	West Renfrewshire	Independent Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	19/10/1999	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/10/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	19/10/1999	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/10/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/10/1999	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/10/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	19/10/1999	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	19/10/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	19/10/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	19/10/1999	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	19/10/1999	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	19/10/1999	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/10/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ron Davies	19/10/1999	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	19/10/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	19/10/1999	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	19/10/1999	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	19/10/1999	Islwyn	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Twigg	19/10/1999	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/10/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	19/10/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	19/10/1999	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	19/10/1999	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	19/10/1999	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	19/10/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	19/10/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	19/10/1999	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	19/10/1999	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	19/10/1999	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	19/10/1999	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/10/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	19/10/1999	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Ballard	19/10/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	19/10/1999	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	19/10/1999	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/10/1999	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	19/10/1999	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	19/10/1999	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/10/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	19/10/1999	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	19/10/1999	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	19/10/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	19/10/1999	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
John Horam	19/10/1999	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	19/10/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/10/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	19/10/1999	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	19/10/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	19/10/1999	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/10/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	19/10/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	19/10/1999	Derby North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	19/10/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Lewis	19/10/1999	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/10/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	19/10/1999	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/10/1999	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	19/10/1999	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Ian Pearson	19/10/1999	Dudley South	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	19/10/1999	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	19/10/1999	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/10/1999	Dover	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	19/10/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	19/10/1999	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	19/10/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	19/10/1999	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	19/10/1999	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	19/10/1999	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	19/10/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	19/10/1999	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	19/10/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Des Browne	19/10/1999	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	19/10/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	19/10/1999	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	19/10/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	19/10/1999	Workington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/10/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	19/10/1999	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
David Clark	19/10/1999	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	19/10/1999	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	19/10/1999	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/10/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	19/10/1999	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	19/10/1999	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	19/10/1999	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	19/10/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John Marek	19/10/1999	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	19/10/1999	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	19/10/1999	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	19/10/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	19/10/1999	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McWilliam	19/10/1999	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	19/10/1999	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	19/10/1999	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Clarke	20/10/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	20/10/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	20/10/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/10/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Huw Edwards	20/10/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	20/10/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/10/1999	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	20/10/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	20/10/1999	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	20/10/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	20/10/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	20/10/1999	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	20/10/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	20/10/1999	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	20/10/1999	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Heath	20/10/1999	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Jones	20/10/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	20/10/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	20/10/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/10/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	21/10/1999	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Fisher	21/10/1999	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	21/10/1999	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	21/10/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Teresa Gorman	21/10/1999	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	21/10/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	21/10/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	21/10/1999	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Cummings	21/10/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	21/10/1999	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	21/10/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	21/10/1999	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	21/10/1999	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	21/10/1999	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/10/1999	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/10/1999	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	21/10/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	21/10/1999	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	21/10/1999	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/10/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	25/10/1999	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	25/10/1999	Medway	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	25/10/1999	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nick Harvey	25/10/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/10/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	26/10/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	26/10/1999	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	26/10/1999	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	26/10/1999	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	27/10/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	27/10/1999	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	27/10/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Judy Mallaber	28/10/1999	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	28/10/1999	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/11/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	01/11/1999	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
John Randall	01/11/1999	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/11/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	04/11/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	05/11/1999	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Turner	05/11/1999	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	05/11/1999	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Richard Body	05/11/1999	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
Harold Best	05/11/1999	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	05/11/1999	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	05/11/1999	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/11/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	05/11/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	05/11/1999	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	08/11/1999	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/11/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Candy Atherton	09/11/1999	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	09/11/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	09/11/1999	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/11/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tom Pendry	10/11/1999	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	10/11/1999	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	10/11/1999	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	10/11/1999	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/11/1999	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	10/11/1999	Bridgend	Labour	Signed

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