Thank you for contacting Hon. Penny Simmonds, Member of Parliament for
Invercargill, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Tertiary
Education & Skills and Associate Minister for Social Development &
Employment.
The Minister considers all correspondence important, however, as she
receives a large amount of correspondence, it is not always possible to
provide a personal response.
Please note the following guidelines:

* If you are an Invercargill constituent contacting the Minister about
an issue, then your email will be passed to her electorate office.
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no further response to you.

Thank you once again for taking the time to write; it is very much
appreciated.
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Dear Nick,

 

Thank you for your email of 4 November in which you submitted an Official
Information Act request, which reads as follows:

 

- Copies of all letters and emails (including any attachments/appendices)
from external organisations (e.g. alcohol & beverage companies) to
yourself/your office, relating to the so called 'container return scheme'
proposed policy (including similar names that relate to this policy).

- Timeframe is from the day you became Minister for the Environment, to
today, 4 Nov 2024.

- Copies of all letters and emails from yourself/your office to these
external organisations in response to any correspondence from them.

 

Minister Simmonds is considering your request in accordance with the Act,
and you can expect a response by 2 December 2024.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds

Minister for the Environment | Tertiary Education and Skills

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

 

 

P: 04 817 6815

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

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Dear Nick,

 

I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 4
November for correspondence to and from external organisation regarding
Container Return Schemes.

 

The OIA requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit, and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision, to the 9^th of December, an extension of 5 working days.

 

This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

 

Please know that we will endeavour to get this information to you as soon
as we can.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision.  Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds

Minister for the Environment | Tertiary Education and Skills

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment
 

P: 04 817 6815

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

From: Iain Forsyth On Behalf Of Penny Simmonds (MIN)
Sent: Monday, 4 November 2024 11:00 AM
To: Nick Carraway <[FOI #29037 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Correspondence relating to the
Container Return Scheme concept

 

Dear Nick,

 

Thank you for your email of 4 November in which you submitted an Official
Information Act request, which reads as follows:

 

- Copies of all letters and emails (including any attachments/appendices)
from external organisations (e.g. alcohol & beverage companies) to
yourself/your office, relating to the so called 'container return scheme'
proposed policy (including similar names that relate to this policy).

- Timeframe is from the day you became Minister for the Environment, to
today, 4 Nov 2024.

- Copies of all letters and emails from yourself/your office to these
external organisations in response to any correspondence from them.

 

Minister Simmonds is considering your request in accordance with the Act,
and you can expect a response by 2 December 2024.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds

Minister for the Environment | Tertiary Education and Skills

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

 

 

P: 04 817 6815

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

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Dear Nick,

 

On behalf of Hon Penny Simmonds, Minister for the Environment, please find
attached a response to your OIA request.

 

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds

Minister for the Environment | Tertiary Education and Skills

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment
 

P: 04 817 6815

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

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