On our old website, we did a piece on how the Government were trying to slowdown or even stop the Freedom of information act from being used especially if it embarrasses the government.

It turns out today that a bill which went through the initial stages of the legislative process in the House of Commons last week was very sneakily and very quietly pushed through.

MPs approved on the nod the second reading of a bill to exclude parliament from the Freedom of Information Act.

Please read what this bill says HERE 

In brief, what these sneaky underhanded political snakes have done is to ensure they can never be found out, and will use this bill to fob off the public and keep any incompetence, fraud, corruption very hush hush indeed.

The two-clause bill however effectively removes both the Commons and House of Lords as public authorities obliged to release information under the act. It also protects all MPs' correspondence from release and stops authorities even being able to confirm or deny whether they have received a letter from an MP.

The Tories have shown themselves to be as bad as Labour as David Maclean, the former Tory chief whip, introduced the measure in a private member's bill. Mr Maclean said yesterday the main reason for his bill was to prevent MPs' letters on behalf of constituents being released to the press and public.

He acknowledged the effect of the bill would be to exempt parliament from the act at a time when the parliamentary authorities have lost a case at an information tribunal after trying to block more detailed disclosure of MPs' expenses.

When it was put to him that he had chosen the very end of a busy parliamentary day to get a second reading, he said: "I am showing some of the younger hands how you can get a bill through parliament after long experience as a whip in both getting and blocking bills through parliament." 

He added: "This bill will now go to a committee where all the issues can be debated." But because the measure is in a private member's bill, Mr Maclean is able to choose who sits on the committee.