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Petition update, 09 April 2009

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The public has a right to know how public money is spent.

At present Section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 makes companies that are 100% owned by the Crown or by a single public authority subject to the Act.

The current law is not sensible - a company owned by one local authority is subject to the Act but a company owned by two local authorities is not.

A more sensible approach is to make all companies owned two thirds or more by any number of public authorities subject to the Act.

Current signatories

John Cross, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/tombaker/)
• Keith Garrett
• Heather Brooke
• john webb
• Benny Spooner
• AMLN McGreggor
• Francis Irving
• Se Bacon
• Julian Burgess
• Duncan Parkes
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• Simon Roe
• Francis Davey
• Jack Wasey
• Owen Blacker
• Ned Morrell
• Paul Clarke
• Kevin Wells
• Edmund Crawford
• Guy Freeman
• Robert (Jamie) Munro
• Robert Whittaker
• Fearghas McKay
• Stuart Bonar
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• Helen Cross
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• Ben Wraith
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• Sue Doughty
• David Miller
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• Jenny Lopez
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