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Secrets No. 9 Newspap er of th e Campaign for Freedom of Information 50p 50p Nun Local freedom oft of informatiol1 lawtakes effeCfect from April 1 The Town He Hall Is Open! The Campaign for Freedom of Information's first documents relating to forthcoming busin legislative success, achieved with the help of Robin The Act is one of a number of pieces of Squire MP, whose Private Members Bill it was, lation the Campaign for Freedom of Inforn and the Community Rights Project, comes into has promoted in its first two years, subse force on April 1 of this year. to a drive to introduce a full Freedom of It is the Local Government (Access to Infor­ mation Act for Britain. mation) Act and it extends our rights of access Detailed work on the Act was done I to meetings held by local authorities, and to infor­ Community Rights Project. mation from our local town, city, or county hall. The opportunity to introduce it to the 1 We will now be able to attend any meeting of of Commons arose when Conservative MP a council, or its committees or sub-committees. Squire came third in the Private Members We will now be able to obtain at least three in 1984. He introduced the Bill early in 191 clear days before the meeting the agenda and any piloted it past the House of Commons al background reports and papers. House of Lords with considerable skill. 1 After meetings, we will be entitled to inspect ceived the Campaign for Freedom of the agenda, reports considered in public, back­ mation's Award for the outstanding indi ground papers, minutes of the meeting and a The Rt Hon Neil Kinnock, leader oinnock, leader of the Labonr Party, contribution to freedom of information m meets American campaigner Ralph npaigner Ralph Nader, to wbom he summary of any proceedings which take place made a special presentation at the 19mtation at the 1986 Freedom of Infor­ past year. while the meeting is closed for business exemp­ mation Awards. Full details page 5. I details page 5. Des Wilson, Chairman of the Campai: ted by the Act. Freedom of Information, describes this mo The Council will now have to publish a register "one of much promise and satisfaction of the names and addresses of Councillors and a summary of our right of acces right of access to meetings and Campaign. the membership of committees and sub-com­ documents. "However, the only people who can enfor mittees, a list of powers delegated to officers; and Councillors, too, are given nen, are given new rights to inspect legislation are members of the public them It is up to us to take the opportunities to : meetings on matters that concern us, and i to us to take the opportunity to obtai Section TwO under siegsiege documents now available. "If we do not respond to those opportu the legislation will exist in name but I Section Two of the Official Secrets Act, now in its 75th year, promise was echoed b was echoed by Kin­ reality!' is under siege. nock's deputy Roy Hleputy Roy Hatters­ Not only have all the opposition parties said they will ley, and at which the at which the leader repeal it, but the Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher, questioned of the Liberal Party, .iberal Party, David in the House of Commons, indicated some unease about Steel, reiterated the piiterated the promise it herself, but claimed there was no accord on how it could of the Alliance to rAlliance to replace Fight to keep our water be replaced. Section Twowith FreecTwo with Freedom of Ministers continue to be the jury in the Ponting trial Information legislatiotion legislation. authorities accountable afraid to make use ofit since refu sed to take the judge's Nor did the 0 1did the Official i , lead and supply a conviction. Secrets Act come well Actcome well out of Proposals to privatise Britain's the Westland affair. .tland affair. Oppo­ water authorities have been An all-party team of mem­ published in a White Paper and MP'S iII·informed bers of parliament, Alex sition Parties, and alarties, and also the media, were quick towere quick to point there may well be an attempt to MPs are not given sufficient in­ Carlile, Liberal, Chris Smith, legislate later this year. formation to properly monitor Labour, and Steve Norris, out the hypocrisie hypocrisy of government spending,according ministers who were is who were associ­ The Campaign for Freedom to the Comptroller and Auditor Conservative, committed of Information has campaign­ General, Sir Gordon Downey. themselves at a Campaign ated with prosecutioth prosecutions for ed extensivelyabout the secrecy "The answer to the simple for Freedom of Information leaks and who were id who were them­ of the present water authorities, stark question 'Does parliament who, with the exception of the Press Conference to intro­ selves involved in a ivolved in a whole get from the Government all the series of unofficial bri unofficial briefings Welsh authority, refuse to hold information it needs for effec­ duce a short Ten-Minute their meetings in public. tive accountability?' must today Rule Bill to repeal Section and disclosures in orclosures in order to be 'No';' Sir Gordon said. outwit each other each other over The Campaign's Director, He suggested that MPs did Two. This will be done in the Maurice Frankel, commenting not seem to cafe that account­ Spring. Westland. d. on the White Paper, said that if ability to parliament, a basic They made this promise the authorities were already too constitutional duty, had become secretive when supposed to be a mere formality. He blamed on the eve of the 1986 Free­ Page 4 of this new! of this newspaper publicly accountable, then they "the general UK attitude to dis­ dom of Information Awards, contains a pull-out pos a pull-out poster on could only be more so when Maurice Frankel. closure, and the typically over­ at which the leader.of the thjhts privately owned. cautious response to the pro­ your rights under under the new vision of more and better infer­ opposition, Neil Kinnock, Local Govt. (Access to ovt. (Access to infor­ Water authorities were a essential. mation - particularly unfav­ committed himself to repeal mation) Act. More I Act. More copies supplier of a basic necessity for "The Campaigu has no ' ourable facts or potentially of Section Two, and before a available from the Cam from the Campaign everybody in the country. They on privatisation generally unwelcome conclusions ­ had public health and environ­ believes there is a special about government plans, objec­ Rally attended by more than FoI, 3 Endsleigh St,Endsleigh St, WC1 mental duties. Public access to for contesting this partie tives and results". 1,000 people in The Friends ODD (278 9686). 10~78 9686). lOp each information about them was privatisation measure." Meeting House at which the plus post. .t. Sellafield a clas:lassic case of secrec~cy Australian FOI Act unhelpful 'improves decisions A disturbing series o f mistakes at Freedom of Information in Aus­ bad decisions to light, an the Sellafield nuclear processing by Maurice Frankel ,kel tralia " has led to an improvement result it had taken remedial plant in Cumbria has provided in primary decision making" Industry's earlier concerns fur ther evidence of th e need for One of the con sultants who ledged or were evaded". A: were evaded". As a result according to Australia's Admini­ possible disclosure of comn freedo m of informati on. In the carried out the review has said that thet NRC withdrew its C withdrew its previou s strative Appeals Tribunal. ly valuable informatio n h course of a single month, February their report was suppressed and endorsement of th e findnent o f th e findings and Some 19,000 FOI requests were been borne out. The A 1986, three separate instances in they were told to produce a new reaffirmed it s belief red it s belief - not made in 1983/84. General reported that "The which inaccurate information was one based on different assump­ apparently shared by UKly shared by UK nuclear Th e Attorney General's repo rt not been any reports from a given either to the public or to tio ns. authorities - that "proles - that "p roper peer fo r th e year says that many nor complaints from bush official bodies have come to light. The consultants found that a review is fun damental to fund amental to making agencies covered by the Act have any instance where commi Th e first involved Sir Douglas sma ll tremor, who se chances of sound technical decisionchnical decisions". reported benefits both to the interests have been ad Black 's independent inquiry into occurring are said to be I in a 100, In this country, Libera; country, Liberal MP Mr pu blic and their own adrnini­ affected by . .. wr, leukeamia rates arou nd the Sella­ would be enough to permanently Paddy Ashdown has prashdown has pressed the "strative processes. The department disclosure". field plan t. British Nuclear Fuels dam age the bolts suppo rting the Energy Secretary Peter "'ecretary Peter Walker to which receives most requests - the Several departments fou : Ltd told the indepe ndent Black reactor vessel above th e ground. publish the 20-year safetyhe 20-year safety reviews, Depa rtment of Veterans Affairs ­ documents they had prepa inquiry that between 1952 an d One such tremo r occurred in 1979 but he has refus ed to dcas refu sed to do so. On reported that FOI had helped public disclosure had 1955 only 400 grams of uranium only 15 miles from the Chapel December 9 1985 he to ld er 9 1985 he told Mr Ash­ resolve grievances th at might valuable to officials.
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