However, committee president Senator Frank Walker says that the committee does oppose proposals unveiled last week by Privileges and Procedures.
P & R say that these will increase bureaucracy and regulation if the States back them.
In a letter to the JEP published on Wednesday, the Senator says that his committee firmly believe in the principle that there should be proper access to information and transparency in the Island government.
But in relation to the freedom of information proposals unveiled last week, P & R have ‘genuine concerns about the potential resource implications’ of introducing a new law.
Senator Walker also says that P & R are worried that the proposed new law will go against commitments which were made by the States last year, when they approved the Strategic Plan, ‘to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and regulation’.
