Bernard Jenkin
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(8 years, 3 months ago)
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Matthew Hancock
The hon. Gentleman tempts me, but I shall wait until the commission reports. We will respond in due course.
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con)
May I inform my right hon. Friend that the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will be scrutinising those proposals very carefully indeed? We want to make sure that the judges are interpreting the Freedom of Information Act as Parliament truly intended, but I can tell him that there is no going back on freedom of information.
Matthew Hancock
Indeed. The Freedom of Information Act has brought to light many things that it is in the public interest to have in the public domain. I have no doubt that my hon. Friend’s Committee will scrutinise the proposals very carefully, not least to ensure that the will of Parliament is the law of the land. I look forward to working with him on that.