§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will include in his proposed Freedom of Information Bill a provision to make available to public scrutiny all public access agreements to land and buildings issued since 1975 under the conditional exemption scheme. [23517]
§ Dr. David ClarkAs explained in the White Paper "Your Right to Know", the proposed Freedom of Information Act will contain provision for access to official information generally. It will not list particular types of information. The information that my hon. Friend refers to will be within the scope of the Act. Its disclosure would depend, as for all information,(a) on decisions on the continuation of any relevant statutory prohibitions to disclosure and (b) on the substantial harm and public interest tests integral to the Act's access provisions.