He said: "Information is knowledge and knowledge is power. People cannot be free when the state is forever on their back, when their liberties are denied and their autonomy is undermined.
"So this Government is going to restore British freedoms. It is part of our wider project to resettle the relationship between people and government.
"Free citizens must be able to hold big institutions and powerful individuals to account, and not only the Government."
Among the institutions expected to become subject to the laws are: the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, academy school trusts, the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Local Government Association, the Advertising Standards Authority and Network Rail.
The laws were introduced by Tony Blair in 2000. The former prime minister said last year that the FOI laws were one of his greatest mistakes. Around 85 countries have similar legislation.
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