Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez issued a decision which addressed the parliamentary privilege exemption for the first time, with the decision considering an internal review in response to a PATI request asking for records relating to the work of the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the December 2nd, 2016 incident at the House of Assembly.A spokesperson said, “On 21 December 2020, Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez issued Decision 17/2020, Office of the Clerk of the Legislature. In this Decision, the Information Commissioner addressed the parliamentary privilege exemption for the first time.“Decision 17/2020 considered an internal review decision issued by the Office of the Clerk of …
