Glasgow Life has clear commitment to FoI legislation
The Deputy First Minister's decision to widen Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation to cover bodies delivering cultural and leisure services on behalf of councils is welcome.
The Deputy First Minister's decision to widen Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation to cover bodies delivering cultural and leisure services on behalf of councils is welcome.
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But your assertion that Glasgow Life will be "brought within scope" ("Freedom of Information laws widened by MSPs", The Herald, January 17) is wrong.
Glasgow City Council recognised the importance of allowing access to decisions taken by such public bodies when Culture and Sport Glasgow (latterly Glasgow Life) was formed in 2007, and ensured the organisation was subject to FoI requests from its inception. Indeed, at the 5th Annual Freedom of Information Conference in Edinburgh in 2007, the then Information Commissioner, Kevin Dunion, singled out Culture and Sport Glasgow for praise for its inclusion within the FoI framework, unlike some other sport and leisure trusts which had decided to remain outwith the legislation.
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Glasgow Life has clear commitment to FoI legislation
The Deputy First Minister's decision to widen Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation to cover bodies delivering cultural and leisure services on behalf of councils is welcome.
But your assertion that Glasgow Life will be "brought within scope" ("Freedom of Information laws widened by MSPs", The Herald, January 17) is wrong.
Glasgow City Council recognised the importance of allowing access to decisions taken by such public bodies when Culture and Sport Glasgow (latterly Glasgow Life) was formed in 2007, and ensured the organisation was subject to FoI requests from its inception. Indeed, at the 5th Annual Freedom of Information Conference in Edinburgh in 2007, the then Information Commissioner, Kevin Dunion, singled out Culture and Sport Glasgow for praise for its inclusion within the FoI framework, unlike some other sport and leisure trusts which had decided to remain outwith the legislation.
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