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Article: Open government is a sham, say MPs
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 4, 1996
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CLAIMS by ministers that they are promoting "open government"
are a sham and the whole policy is a farce, a powerful all-party
group of MPs has concluded.
In a report due to be published this month, members of the
Select Committee on the Ombudsman will highlight gaping holes in
the Open Government Code of Practice launched with much fanfare by
William Waldegrave, the then minister for open government, almost
two years ago.
Its findings will be so negative, observers say, that it will
increase substantially the pressure for a Freedom of Information
Act.
The sharpest criticism will be directed against the failure of
the government to put its money where its mouth is and back the
policy with ...