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Cost and the unlikelihood of either legislative or political priority have been given as reasons not to introduce a full Freedom of Information Law, with Scrutiny instead suggesting a model that would expect - but not compel - the States to answer valid requests for public information.

The Committee is recommending that the current Code on Access to Public Information is "strengthened" expediently at no added cost through an independent appeals process.

We sat down with the Scrutiny President Yvonne Burford and Committee Member Simon Fairclough to debate those proposals...

Show Notes

Cost and the unlikelihood of either legislative or political priority have been given as reasons not to introduce a full Freedom of Information Law, with Scrutiny instead suggesting a model that would expect - but not compel - the States to answer valid requests for public information. The Committee is recommending that the current Code on Access to Public Information is "strengthened" expediently at no added cost through an independent appeals process. We sat down with the Scrutiny President Yvonne Burford and Committee Member Simon Fairclough to debate those proposals... ★ Support this podcast ★

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