Freedom of Information Bill — Exception from duty to comply with decision notice or enforcement notice — 5 Apr 2000
Mr John McDonnell MP, Hayes and Harlington voted in the minority (No).
The Majority voted to accept for discussion a new clause relating to disclosures[1] which said:
A decision notice or enforcement notice which relates to a failure to comply with section 13 in relation to any one or more requests for information shall cease to have effect if... the accountable person in relation to that authority gives the Commissioner a certificate signed by him stating that he has on reasonable grounds formed the opinion that the authority did not fail to comply with section 13 in relation to that request or those requests.[2]
In other words, an enforcement notices by the Information Commissioner could be summarily revoked by the public body against whom it was served.
- [1] Clause 13 of Freedom of Information Bill, February 2000, House of Commons.
- [2] Mr. Mike Hall MP, 5 April 2000, Hansard.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 114 | 0 | 71.3% |
| Lab | 302 (+2 tell) | 24 | 0 | 78.8% |
| LDem | 0 | 32 (+2 tell) | 0 | 73.9% |
| PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Total: | 302 | 173 | 0 | 75.3% |
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