HC Deb 02 March 2000 vol 345 c378W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will include in the code of practice on freedom of information a provision that, where a request is made for information about a third party, the holder of the information should consult the third party before deciding what information is to be released and in what form. [112676]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

I can confirm that this will be covered by the code of practice, a working draft of which my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and I hope to place in the Parliamentary Libraries shortly.