I think you might actually be wrong on that, but that's okay.
The point, though, is that on “need to know”, if I or any other member of Parliament make an application—I'm using myself as an example—and I'm automatically deemed to need to know, if I were to then get through that screening process, I would actually get access to that information. That's the part I'm struggling with because the language in the bill is not clear that there would be another gated step of who determines whether I need to know that information.
You can understand the concern one would have if any member of Parliament could make an application for a secret security clearance and then be deemed to need to know that information for which they have applied. If they get through the process, then they get access to that information.