Labour's Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been reported by the BBC as having vetoed the publication of yet another set of Cabinet ministers. I have already blogged about the contrast between Cabinet minutes and those of the Bank of England monetary policy committee here. Can anyone explain what conceivable justification there is for this convention other than to cover up contributions (or not) to Cabinet debate and resulting votes that are embarrassing to particular members of the Cabinet?
Not good on a day when there are further suspicions about the reluctance of MPs to publish full details of their expense claims, and a Labour minister Quentin Davies, and former Tory, features prominently for claims allegedly to pay for bell-tower repairs!