29 June 2017, Central government
The complainant requested an electronic copy of Erskine May’s Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceeding and Usage of Parliament. The public authority withheld a copy of the book in reliance on the exemption contained at sections 21(1) and 43(2) FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the public authority was entitled to withhold the information requested on the basis of the exemption contained at section 21(1).
FOI 21(1): Not upheld