MPs move to axe FoI restrictions

The Government should drop its plan to restrict access to freedom of information because it could allow public bodies to dodge difficult or embarrassing questions, MPs said.

The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, wants to limit the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act in a bid to stop MPs and journalists getting hold of Government secrets.

But an all-party Commons committee criticised ministers' failure to produce any proof the changes were necessary. The Constitutional Affairs Select Committee described the proposals as "unnecessary, unpopular and undesirable".

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