A Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply its provisions to private healthcare companies and other bodies seeking health service contracts; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Grahame MorrisLabour (Co-op)
30 March 2015
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This bill would extend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to private healthcare providers and other organisations that bid for health service contracts. It would require these bodies to disclose information they hold when FOI requests are made, increasing transparency around health service procurement. In short, it brings private health providers under FOI alongside public authorities when health contracts are involved.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. The provided information notes the first reading occurred in September 2014, with no further stages shown here.
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1 Sept 2014
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 1 September 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
