From foinet UK: Campaign welcomes decision to shelve "improper" attempt to conceal MPs' expenses

Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:48 PM

Subject: [foianet] UK: Campaign welcomes decision to shelve "improper" attempt to conceal MPs' expenses

Dear all,

This is to let you know the good news that the UK Government has announced that it is shelving its proposal to exclude MPs' and peers' expenses from the scope of the Freedom of Information Act. The Campaign's press release responding to the announcement is below.

A parliamentary briefing by the Campaign is available here http://www.cfoi.org.uk/pdf/foi(parliament)order.pdf, though the debate that was due to take place on Thursday will not take place. For full background on the proposal, our webpage http://www.cfoi.org.uk/mpsexpenses.html has collected comment and press coverage.

Best wishes

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