Committee ‘not convinced’ FOI reform Bill will work in practice

Scottish Labour MSP Katy Clark has put forward the legislation (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

A Holyrood committee is “not convinced” an MSP’s Bill on Freedom of Information (FOI) reform will work in practice.

The Standards, Procedures, and Public Appointments Committee (SPPAC) has doubts that Katy Clark’s Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill is the right way forward to update the FOI system.