Freedom Of Information

EDM number 845 in 2006-07, proposed by Tony Wright on 06/02/2007.

That this House expresses concern that the proposed new fees regulations under the Freedom of Information Act would allow authorities to refuse on cost grounds a high proportion of requests which they are currently required to answer; notes that the Government's consultation document recognises that this will have a greater impact on journalists, hon. Members, campaign groups and researchers than on private individuals; considers that such changes would undermine the Act's contribution to increased discussion of public affairs, accountability and trust in the work of public authorities; and calls on the Government not to proceed with the proposals.

This motion has been signed by a total of 139 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Wright	06/02/2007	Cannock Chase	Labour	Proposed
Alan Beith	06/02/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Dominic Grieve	06/02/2007	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Fisher	06/02/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Seconded
Richard Shepherd	06/02/2007	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Seconded
Simon Hughes	06/02/2007	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	06/02/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Evan Harris	06/02/2007	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	06/02/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	07/02/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	07/02/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/02/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	07/02/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	07/02/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	07/02/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/02/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	07/02/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	07/02/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	07/02/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/02/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	07/02/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/02/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/02/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Laws	07/02/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/02/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	08/02/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	08/02/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/02/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/02/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	08/02/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	08/02/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	19/02/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	19/02/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	19/02/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
John Leech	19/02/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	19/02/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	19/02/2007	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	19/02/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	19/02/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	19/02/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/02/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	19/02/2007	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	19/02/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/02/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/02/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/02/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/02/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	20/02/2007	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Williams	20/02/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Robert Walter	20/02/2007	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	20/02/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	20/02/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	20/02/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
David Burrowes	21/02/2007	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/02/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Amess	21/02/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	21/02/2007	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	21/02/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	21/02/2007	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	21/02/2007	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Quentin Davies	21/02/2007	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	21/02/2007	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Wright	22/02/2007	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/02/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Penrose	22/02/2007	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Anthony D Wright	22/02/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	22/02/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	22/02/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	22/02/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	22/02/2007	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Reid	22/02/2007	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hammond	23/02/2007	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	23/02/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	23/02/2007	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	23/02/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/02/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	23/02/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	26/02/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	26/02/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	26/02/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	26/02/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	26/02/2007	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	26/02/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	26/02/2007	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	26/02/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Adrian Sanders	26/02/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	27/02/2007	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	27/02/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	27/02/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/02/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	28/02/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Linda Riordan	28/02/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	28/02/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	01/03/2007	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Graham Allen	01/03/2007	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	01/03/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	01/03/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	02/03/2007	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	02/03/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	05/03/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	05/03/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Lembit	05/03/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	06/03/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	06/03/2007	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/03/2007	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	06/03/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	07/03/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	07/03/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	07/03/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sian James	08/03/2007	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	08/03/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	12/03/2007	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	13/03/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	13/03/2007	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Mark Field	13/03/2007	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Barker	13/03/2007	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	14/03/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	14/03/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	14/03/2007	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Keith Simpson	14/03/2007	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	15/03/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	19/03/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	19/03/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	20/03/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Clark	27/03/2007	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Richard Burden	28/03/2007	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	28/03/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	16/04/2007	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Hands	19/04/2007	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/04/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/05/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	16/05/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	04/06/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Spicer	05/06/2007	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	04/07/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	09/10/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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