Royal Commission
Ross Francis made this Official Information request to Ministry for the Environment
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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
From: Ministerials
Ministry for the Environment
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Ngā mihi nui
Executive Relations team
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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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From: Ministerials
Ministry for the Environment
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.
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response has been sent.
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Ngā mihi nui
Executive Relations team
Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao
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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
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subject of legal professional privilege. It is not necessarily the
official view of the Ministry for the Environment. If you are not the
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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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