Charges For Information Under The Freedom Of Information Act 2000

EDM number 1269 in 2003-04, proposed by Tony Wright on 25/05/2004.

That this House notes with concern that the Government is considering introducing substantially higher fees for obtaining information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that those promised by ministers during its Parliamentary passage; considers that high fees would deter the public from using the Act and undermine the potential benefits of increased openness, accountability and trust in the work of public authorities; and calls on the government to honour the firm and consistent commitment on charges repeatedly made to this House during consideration of the Freedom of Information legislation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 181 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Wright	25/05/2004	Cannock Chase	Labour	Proposed
John Greenway	25/05/2004	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Mark Fisher	25/05/2004	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	25/05/2004	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Jackson	25/05/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
David Heath	25/05/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Shepherd	25/05/2004	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/05/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	26/05/2004	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	26/05/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew George	26/05/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	26/05/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	26/05/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Desmond Turner	26/05/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	26/05/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	26/05/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brian White	26/05/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	26/05/2004	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/05/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	26/05/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	26/05/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Bob Spink	26/05/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/05/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/05/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/05/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	26/05/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	26/05/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	26/05/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	26/05/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/05/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	26/05/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	27/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	27/05/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sue Doughty	27/05/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	27/05/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	27/05/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/05/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	27/05/2004	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	27/05/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
John Wilkinson	27/05/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	27/05/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	27/05/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	27/05/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ross Cranston	27/05/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	27/05/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	27/05/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/05/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/05/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/05/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	27/05/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	27/05/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	27/05/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	27/05/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	27/05/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	27/05/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	27/05/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	27/05/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/06/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/06/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	07/06/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	07/06/2004	Glasgow, Kelvin	Independent	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/06/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Patrick Hall	07/06/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	07/06/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	07/06/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	07/06/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/06/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	07/06/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/06/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	07/06/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	07/06/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	07/06/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/06/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	07/06/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	07/06/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	07/06/2004	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	07/06/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	07/06/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Austin Mitchell	07/06/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	07/06/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/06/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	07/06/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/06/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	07/06/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	07/06/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	08/06/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	08/06/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	08/06/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Davey	08/06/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	08/06/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	08/06/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bradley	08/06/2004	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	08/06/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	08/06/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	08/06/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	09/06/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	09/06/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/06/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Meale	09/06/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	09/06/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	09/06/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	09/06/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/06/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	09/06/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	10/06/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	10/06/2004	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/06/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	10/06/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	10/06/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	14/06/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Field	14/06/2004	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	14/06/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	14/06/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	14/06/2004	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/06/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	15/06/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	15/06/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Alan Duncan	15/06/2004	Rutland & Melton	Conservative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	15/06/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	15/06/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/06/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/06/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	16/06/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	16/06/2004	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/06/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	16/06/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hesford	16/06/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	16/06/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	16/06/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Selous	17/06/2004	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Doug Henderson	17/06/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	17/06/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	18/06/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	18/06/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/06/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	18/06/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/06/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lembit	21/06/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	21/06/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fallon	22/06/2004	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	23/06/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	23/06/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	24/06/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	24/06/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Hendry	24/06/2004	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Si	24/06/2004	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/06/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	28/06/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Iain Coleman	28/06/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	28/06/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	29/06/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Williams	29/06/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Smith	29/06/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Ruffley	29/06/2004	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	30/06/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	05/07/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sally Keeble	05/07/2004	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	05/07/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	06/07/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/07/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	12/07/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	13/07/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	13/07/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	14/07/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	14/07/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	15/07/2004	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Alan Howarth	16/07/2004	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	19/07/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Frank Doran	19/07/2004	Aberdeen Central	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	20/07/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	22/07/2004	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	22/07/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	07/09/2004	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/09/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	07/09/2004	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Gillian Shephard	07/09/2004	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	08/09/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bob Blizzard	09/09/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	14/10/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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