Lord Falconer Speech: inaugural DCA/Constitution Unit lecture on Freedom on Information

Lord Falconer's speech: Freedom of Information: The beginning of a new chapter in openness, CBI Conference Centre, 25 January 2005 is available on the DCA website.

The speech discusses:

-what we're doing on Freedom of Information, and perhaps more importantly, why we’re doing it
- how Freedom of Information has gone so far since its implementation date of January 1 – including something on the Government’s decision we have announced today on the Attorney-General’s advice on Iraq
- and to say something about the challenges ahead, including about how we might assess FOI in the future as it beds down to be part of the fabric of how we now do government in this country