Talk:Freedom of Information Act 2000

message: "Questions were raised over government actions in the run up to implementing the act. Document shredding increased in government departments, sometimes by as much as 200%. The Cabinet Office also implemented a policy of deleting all e-mail messages more than three months old unless they contained vital information."
Where did *any* of this information come from? It is also vague.
This article needs some serious editing (by someone who knows the content well) to make it readable and understandable to the lay man. --Andrew Phelps 08:51, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The accusations can easily be found in the media. For example, the Daily Telegraph carried stories about the email deletions and the shredding increases. David Newton 11:50, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

text: This is another instance where they selectively release stuff. May be, they should rename it "Partial freedom of information act" 
"Killings carried out by strangers increased a third after Tony Blair came to power" Citation Needed surely--Childoftv (talk) 13:11, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

message: I've moved this back to our absolutely standard formation for Acts of Parliament for the United Kingdom.
James F. (talk) 00:00, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably worth splitting out the Scottish act, then... Shimgray 17:15, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved 

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message: This (new) website allows users to request information under the Environmental Information Regulations and under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I was going to add links to the site, but as I has spent some of my spare time as a volunteer I thought I had better ask first bearing in mind Wikipedia:COI.—Preceding unsigned comment added by John Cross (talk • contribs) 11:39, 7 Jun, 2008
:I have looked at your site and while it does appear interesting and potentially useful, I am a little wary of the warning that "This site really isn't nearly finished yet". Some other editors may hold a different opinion, but I would suggest waiting until the site administrator feels the site is ready enough to remove that warning before considering inclusion of a link at Wikipedia.
:Also, this article may not be the best place to put the link, as your site is not about the Act itself. When you think the site is ready I would suggest making a similar request to this one at Talk:Freedom of information in the United Kingdom. Road Wizard (talk) 12:24, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WhatDoTheyKnow.com

message: The first paragraph of this entry says "The final version of the Act is believed by Ben Robertson to have been diluted from that proposed while Labour was in opposition".  Who is Ben Robertson, and why is his belief notable?  
I'm not qualified to comment on this, because I do not have knowledge of UK politics.  I'm a citizen of Canada!  Daviding (talk) 16:59, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Dilution of the final version of the act?

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