Opinion – Dr Barbara SumnerThe OIA cannot help them. The former chief ombudsman Sir Peter Boshier says it is your right to get official information from the government – so why is it so hard? One where a raft of other legislation actively prohibits access, regardless of what the OIA says or what the Ombudsman can do about it. While the 1985 Adult Adoption Information Act was touted as the answer to this dilemma, it was, in effect, legal gaslighting (1). Sir Peter Boshier correctly describes non-compliance with the OIA as wrong.