STAFFORDSHIRE-L Archives

Archiver > STAFFORDSHIRE > 2006-01 > 1137000322


From: Charani <>
Subject: Re: [STS] 1911 Census letter to MPs
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:27:49 +0000
References: <22b.4a22b46.30f68f54@aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <22b.4a22b46.30f68f54@aol.com>


wrote:
> I have to report success in contacting my MP. My MP is Greg Clark, Tory MP
> for Tunbridge Wells. I e-mailed him 3 January 2006 with a plea for him to sign
> EDM(Early Day Motion) 1198, which was as follows:
>
>
> A new Early Day Motion on Decennial Census Records was tabled on 5th
> December 2005 by Mike Hancock MP (LibDem, Portsmouth South). The EDM states
> That this House notes that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 repealed the
> 100-year closure period for decennial census records, but that, nevertheless,
> the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the National Archives assert
> that it is Government policy that the 1911 Census shall remain closed to
> inspection for 100 years; and urges the Information Commissioner to take an early
> opportunity to publish his advice on this matter. (EDM 1198)

You're the first person I've heard of who's had success.

I'll have a word with my local MP. He's usually pretty good. He's
also one of Mike Hancock's colleagues.

This thread: