While Gordon Brown has appointed FOI-sceptic Jack Straw to the post of Justice Secretary, it should also be noted that he has made the LibDem peer Lord (Anthony) Lester an adviser on constitutional reform. And Lester is a long-standing, committed enthusiast for freedom of information. Although I think someone once said that 'advisers advise, ministers decide'.
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