I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for being so generous in giving way. Is it not the case that clauses 21 and 22, when combined with clauses 24 and 25, mean that freedom of information requests are completely superfluous? Clauses 21 and 22 allow the auditor to request any and all documents not only from the council but from connected parties, and clauses 24 and 25 make that information available to the public, so why would one need an FOI request?
Local Audit and Accountability Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
George Hollingbery
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 October 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Audit and Accountability Bill [Lords].
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