MPs debate on whether to exempt themselves from FOI

MPs debate on whether to exempt themselves from FOI

Heather Brooke writes: "Tomorrow MPs will debate exempting themselves from their own law of openness. The prospect of escaping scrutiny from prying eyes is so tempting that MPs do not realise the colossal damage they are doing to their own reputations."

"... [the] Private Member’s Bill that would exempt Parliament entirely from its own freedom of information law has sped through readings and committee stage like a hare. It reveals the extent of our MPs’ self-serving hypocrisy. It’s one law for the lawmakers and another for everyone else."

What do MPs think they’ve got to hide? (The Times, 19 April 2007)