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FOI extension promised by Conservative/LibDem coalition agreement

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The coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, published today, promises an extension to the FOI Act. The relevant section states:

10. Civil liberties

The parties agree to implement a full programme of measures to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties under the Labour government and roll back state intrusion.

This will include:

? A freedom or great repeal bill;

? The scrapping of the ID card scheme, the national identity register, the next generation of biometric passports and the Contact Point database;

? Outlawing the fingerprinting of children at school without parental permission;

? The extension of the scope of the Freedom of Information Act to provide greater transparency;

? Adopting the protections of the Scottish model for the DNA database;

? The protection of historic freedoms through the defence of trial by jury;

? The restoration of rights to non-violent protest;

? The review of libel laws to protect freedom of speech;

? Safeguards against the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation;

? Further regulation of CCTV;

? Ending of storage of internet and email records without good reason;

? A new mechanism to prevent the proliferation of unnecessary new criminal offences.

Full post as published by UK Freedom of Information Act Blog on May 12, 2010 (boomark / email).

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