[BITList] UK Campaign for FOI news

[John Feltham]

Campaign for Freedom of Information
15 January 2016
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Commission on FOI latest 
 
The Commission on Freedom of Information has announced <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=66ef3e87d1&e=4dc508149d> further details about its two oral evidence sessions on 20 and 25 January. The Campaign has been asked to give evidence on the 25th.  Both sessions will be open to the public on a first come first served basis. The sessions will not be live-streamed, but a transcript will be published afterwards. The Commission has also published <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=eb667896be&e=4dc508149d> further minutes of its meetings.
 
Submit your views to the Labour-led cross party review 
 
The Labour led cross party review of the FOI Act has published <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=fd533b857a&e=4dc508149d> a call for evidence inviting responses to six questions. The deadline has just been extended in order to ensure it reaches as wide an audience as possible. The website states that the closing date is the 20th January, but we understand responses will be accepted until the end of the month.
 
Write to your MP 
 
Caroline Lucas MP has tabled a Parliamentary motion (known as an ‘Early Day Motion’) calling on the government “to drop its plans to amend the FOI Act on the basis that there is no value in fixing something that is not broken”. Please ask your MP to sign the Motion if they haven’t already done so. You can check which MPs have signed here <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=74ad87fa35&e=4dc508149d>. The Green Party has set up a tool <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=d9337245c1&e=4dc508149d> you can use to email your MP and ask them to sign Caroline’s Motion. You can also email your MP via the WriteToThem <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=4d40c9796b&e=4dc508149d> website or write to them at the House of Commons. Ask them to sign EDM 930 on the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
Tom Brake Freedom of Information Bill
 
Lib Dem MP Tom Brake will present a Freedom of Information (Public Interest and Transparency) Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday 19th January. The Campaign has helped Tom draft two previous Ten Minute Rule Bills, which have included measures to strengthen the FOI Act. He will speak in support of the Bill for ten minutes, after which an opposing speech may be made. Such Bills normally fail to make further progress.
 
Using the FOI Act training, 14 March 2016
 
The Campaign’s next training course for requesters on using the Freedom of Information Act and related Environmental Information Regulations is on Monday 14th March at the Free Word Centre in London. Details about the course can be found on the Campaign’s website <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=a5e1db981b&e=4dc508149d>. Places can be booked on the Free Word Centre’s website <http://cfoi.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=13d085a482c6f35f67c006cfd&id=a064c5301b&e=4dc508149d>. Please circulate the details to any friends or colleagues you think may be interested. 
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