Further to his BBC Radio 4 World at One interview, the outgoing MP for Totnes issued this statement:
"I apologise unreservedly for some of the comments that I made in the interview on the World at One, recorded last night. I was so deeply upset with the situation which resulted in me overreacting. I am sorry that in the heat of the moment I said inappropriate things that weren’t as measured as I would have liked about the Freedom of Information Act, which I entirely support. I may also have given a misleading impression of the agreement I reached with David Cameron in our conversation yesterday. I will have nothing further to say about this matter."
