A response to the Freedom of Information consultation
A cross-party commission is currently considering changes to the Freedom of Information Act in this country. Their call for evidence invites individuals and organisations to submit a response to the proposed restrictions.
mySociety, together with the WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer administration team, and with evidence from our associates and partners around the world, will be submitting a response. As you might expect, we argue against the proposed restrictions, and in favour of extending rights to information. If you would like to read it, you can do so here
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And if you would like to submit your own evidence, you have only until Friday to do so.
There are also a number of smaller, but still useful actions you can take – see our earlier blog post.
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Footnote 8 is to a blog post dated in the future which does not (at this moment) exist.
#7, not 8.
You’re right, and this was flagged up in our draft version but not in the one we put live – we didn’t think anyone would notice! By the time the commission read the submission, that post will be live.