Freedom Of Information And Companies Owned By Two Or More Public Authorities

EDM number 589 in 2009-10, proposed by Peter Bottomley on 13/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Freedom of information.

That this House notes that section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 with certain exceptions makes companies wholly owned by the Crown or by a single public authority subject to the Act; further notes that a company wholly owned by two or more public authorities or 95 per cent. owned by a single public authority will be outside the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and calls for the closure of this loophole and for companies owned 90 per cent. or more by any number of public authorities to be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.