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From: Ross Francis

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

I have the following information request relating to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification.

On 4 April 2000, then-Energy Minister Pete Hodgson informed Parliament, on behalf of the Environment Minister: "I received a request from the Prime Minister in December last year asking me to initiate the work for an independent inquiry into genetic modification and options for managing a moratorium, and I passed this on to my officials."

Given that officials at the Environment Ministry were in contact with the Minister from December 1999, please provide me with all communication between officials and the Minister between 10 December 1999 and 30 April 2000.

Please provide me with copies of any Cabinet papers dated between 10 December 1999 and 30 April 2000.

On what dates did officials provide the Minister with Cabinet papers pertaining to an inquiry into genetic modification?

Please contact me if you have any queries about this request.

Yours faithfully,

Ross Francis

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Francis <[FOI #9103 email]>
Sent: Friday, 23 November 2018 7:14 AM
To: Ministerials <[MFE request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Royal Commission

 

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

 

I have the following information request relating to the Royal Commission
on Genetic Modification.

 

On 4 April 2000, then-Energy Minister Pete Hodgson informed Parliament, on
behalf of the Environment Minister: "I received a request from the Prime
Minister in December last year asking me to initiate the work for an
independent inquiry into genetic modification and options for managing a
moratorium, and I passed this on to my officials."

 

Given that officials at the Environment Ministry were in contact with the
Minister from December 1999, please provide me with all communication
between officials and the Minister between 10 December 1999 and 30 April
2000.

 

Please provide me with copies of any Cabinet papers dated between 10
December 1999 and 30 April 2000.

 

On what dates did officials provide the Minister with Cabinet papers
pertaining to an inquiry into genetic modification?

 

Please contact me if you have any queries about this request.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ross Francis

 

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Dear Ross Francis

 

Please find attached our response to your request below.

 

Regards

Mary

 

 

Mary Carrington, Senior Advisor

Executive Relations Team
Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao

Website: [1]www.mfe.govt.nz 
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From: Ministerials
Sent: Monday, 26 November 2018 3:44 PM
To: 'Ross Francis' <[6][FOI #9103 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Royal Commission

 

Kia ora and thank you for contacting our team.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension to that timeframe.

 

Please note the Ministry for the Environment will release responses to
selected OIA requests on our [7]OIA responses page shortly after the
response has been sent.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us.

 

Ngā mihi nui

 

 

Executive Relations team

Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao
Email: [8][MFE request email] Website: [9]www.mfe.govt.nz 
23 Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington 6143
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Francis <[14][FOI #9103 email]>
Sent: Friday, 23 November 2018 7:14 AM
To: Ministerials <[15][MFE request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Royal Commission

 

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

 

I have the following information request relating to the Royal Commission
on Genetic Modification.

 

On 4 April 2000, then-Energy Minister Pete Hodgson informed Parliament, on
behalf of the Environment Minister: "I received a request from the Prime
Minister in December last year asking me to initiate the work for an
independent inquiry into genetic modification and options for managing a
moratorium, and I passed this on to my officials."

 

Given that officials at the Environment Ministry were in contact with the
Minister from December 1999, please provide me with all communication
between officials and the Minister between 10 December 1999 and 30 April
2000.

 

Please provide me with copies of any Cabinet papers dated between 10
December 1999 and 30 April 2000.

 

On what dates did officials provide the Minister with Cabinet papers
pertaining to an inquiry into genetic modification?

 

Please contact me if you have any queries about this request.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ross Francis

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[16][FOI #9103 email]

 

Is [17][MFE request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Ministry for the Environment? If so, please contact us using
this form:

[18]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[19]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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*********************************************************************************************

 

Please Note: The information contained in this e-mail message and any
attached files may be confid*ential information, and may also be the
subject of legal professional privilege. It is not necessarily the
official view of the Ministry for the Environment. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail is
unauthorised. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us
immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original. Thank you.

 

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