Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill

Key Points

• Amends the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 to widen public access to documents held by local audit bodies.
• Extends access to documents that are commercially confidential.
• Extends access to documents relating to NHS bodies in England.
• Sponsor: Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative).
• In 2017, the House voted on a Report Stage amendment (Amendment 2) with 41 No and 15 Aye, indicating opposition to the amendment.

Progress

The bill has completed its first reading and is at the second reading in the Commons; no further stages are listed in the provided record.

Voting

In the recorded vote on Report Stage Amendment 2 (24 March 2017), the division was 41 No to 15 Aye, with Labour generally supporting the amendment and the Conservatives opposing it.