ext_27890 ([identity profile] tiredstars.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] matgb 2009-02-26 12:17 am (UTC)

From Jack Straw's statement:
The Government recognises that Parliament has not made section 35 an absolute exemption; it has released Cabinet documents other than minutes under Freedom of Information in the past. Every case must be assessed on its own merits, but I share the belief that there is a strong public interest in maintaining the efficacy of British constitutional arrangements.

So it seems there are exceptions to the exemption, though I don't see in the FoI act where this is specified. (I can't see that s35(4) on public interest applies here.)

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