Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

We, on this side of the House, have always found the Leader very reasonable and co-operative in her approach to business and very responsive to requests from this side of the House. I ask her, therefore, to look again at what we are proposing. In particular, although it is at very short notice – we are getting used to short notice – I ask her to look at the Bill the Labour Party published only today in relation to freedom of information. The Labour Party, in its co-operative and reasonable way, will give an extra year to the Government to retain the Cabinet secrecy it desires so much. However, my party's Bill also allows for a reasonable period of consultation on this important matter.