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Date Business
21 February 2012
10:30 am
Subject: Post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Witness(es): Maurice Frankel, Campaign for FOI, Alexandra Runswick, Deputy Director, Unlock Democracy, Unit, and Alex Skene, Volunteer, WhatDoTheyKnow; Jim Amos, Honorary Senior Research Associate, and Ben Worthy, Research Associate, UCL Constitution (at 11.15am)
Location: Committee Room 8

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