"British intelligence has long used clandestine "undeniable briefings" to release information real and false to tame hacks including David Rose…"

"The Speaker of the House of Commons has spent thousands of pounds of public money employing a law firm to defend him from criticism."

"The Intelligence and Security Committee Report on Rendition was completed and sent to Brown in late June. On Wednesday, the prime minister sent it to Parliament, and it thus became a public document, but has been largely overlooked by the media."

"In her first despatch box appearance in the role, Harriet Harman told MPs on Monday that she and Gordon Brown believe that ministers must make major statements in the Commons before briefing details to the media."

"Parliament’s reputation is "at serious risk" from attempts to exempt its members from the freedom of information act, [The all-party Lords constitution committee] warned today."

"Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, welcomes a second [Private Members] Bill which could make the [Freedom of Information Act] stronger." Too bad it has a snowball’s chance in hell…

"Tory MP David Maclean’s controversial Bill to exempt MPs from the Freedom of Information Act failed to win the support of a single member of the House of Lords by a deadline of 5pm yesterday."

I hope Iain’s right: "David Maclean’s controversial Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act is likey to collapse tomorrow unless he can find a Peer willint to sponsor it. So far he has failed."

Now this FOI amendment is one we should support: This one, from Lib Dem Tom Brake, would introduce time limits on public interest tests and scrap the ministerial veto.

Gordon Brown, speaking at the Hay Festival, said the Parliament secrecy bill "will be corrected".

In a memo sent to fellow MPs, David Maclean explained his motives for tabling the bill to exempt Parliament from the Freedom of Information Act.

"Alistair Darling fears that the Freedom of Information Act is "placing good government at risk" by forcing sensitive papers to be disclosed."

"Alistair Darling has called for tighter restrictions on the Freedom of Information Act to protect advice from officials to ministers over MPs’ constituency cases at Westminster."

Gary Streeter MP proposes "a Bill to require media organisations to disclose certain information about any payments made by them to individuals for the contribution of those individuals to articles or broadcasts in which they are involved…"