Recommendation 18

The Committee considers that this proposal would be a substantive change to the processes in place for considering and responding to information requests and that further work would be required in order to assess the effect that the proposed change would have and whether it would deliver the intended benefit to requesters. This would also be the case for any alternative proposal for changing the time limit for complying with requests or for seeking clarifications, such as that suggested by the Commissioner. The Committee refers to its overall conclusions on the appropriateness of a Member’s Bill being the vehicle for such reform.