Banking (Special Provisions) Bill — Freedom of Information — 21 Feb 2008 at 14:40
The majority (in the House of Lords) voted for the Freedom of Information Act to apply[1] to any "body corporate" to which securities, property, rights and liabilities have been transfered by the Treasury from an "authorised UK deposit-taker", according to the powers of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill.[2]
This requirement was removed by a subsequent vote in the House of Commons.[3]
- [1] Lord Hunt of Wirral, House of Lords, 21 February 2008.
- [2] Banking (Special Provisions) Bill, House of Lords version.
- [3] Division 92, House of Commons, 21 February 2008.
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