Extract from remaining stages (Commons) of the Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill - March 24

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab):...I do not intend to make more than a few remarks on Third Reading, as this Bill has the support of the Opposition, the Government and the Local Government Association. It is a short, and welcome, piece of legislation which aims to improve transparency and accountability of local public bodies. In an era in which local newspapers are in many places diminishing and in some places do not exist at all, extending transparency of public bodies benefits all of our local democracy...

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