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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00
FoI Delays
 
The Freedom of Information Act is worse than useless if requests for information can be stymied for years.
 
I have been battling to get an answer to a simple question for 20 months. But some other straightforward requests go back to 2005.
 
In fact I know of hundreds of requests that are still in the system, going nowhere fast.
 
The person responsible for policing the FoI Act is the Information Commissioner.
 
I told the Speaker recently I want him brought to the Bar of the House to explain these "grotesque delays".
 

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