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Credit: Holger Ellgaard/CC BY-SA 3.0 Image has been cropped Proposed changes to Scotland’s freedom of information laws could see private firms included in strengthened transparency requirements that would also put the onus on public bodies to proactively release data. Katy Clark, the Labour member for West Scotland, is shortly to introduce to the Scottish Parliament a private members’ bill dedicated to FOI reform. The bill will be based on ideas set out in a paper published by Labour this week, which propose the extension of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act to all bodies providing public services and the introduction of a presumption in favour of proactive publication of information. The proposals come as the latest figures show 14% of FOI responses by Scottish bodies in the last year were issued after the 20-day deadline. Related content MPs criticise Cabinet Office over ‘substandard FoI handling’ Government withholds information on anti-disinformation unit Private emai

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