Distribution of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) document to other agencies
Nigel Jones made this Official Information request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The request was successful.
From: Nigel Jones
Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Under the Official Information Act I would like to make a request for the following information/documents:
1) Logs and/or Documentation regarding the full or partial distribution of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to other Government departments and/or Members of Parliament & their officials/employees. (For clarification: as the actual document seems to be tightly controlled, I am of the belief that records would be kept of the dissemination of the document within MFAT and other Ministries, it is these records that I am requesting).
2) A list of submissions and requests regarding the TPPA from MPs, their officials/employees or other Ministries with the following information:
* Date
* Person making the enquiry
* Subject of enquiry
While I accept that requesting the TPPA document itself is covered under 6(e)(vi) of the Official Information Act, I do not believe requesting information of who has seen the document and/or provided feedback to MFAT would prejudice trade negotiations.
I understand a need to protect individual identities so where needed to withhold information under 9(2)(a) of the OIA, I would like you to ensure that the name of the organisation (and if possible the department within that organisation) that the person is representing be included.
I can affirm that I have a New Zealand Citizen, and can verify this if needed outside of the FYI.org.nz site.
Yours faithfully,
Nigel Jones
Sent request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade again.
Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) left an annotation ()
Resent (successfully) as MFAT blocked the first attempt as spam.
Note this adds two working days to the response due date above.
From: ESD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mr Jones
Thank you for your OIA request, this email confirms receipt and advises that your request has been sent to the appropriate division for response.
Kind regards,
Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Jones [mailto:[FOI #2837 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2015 8:48 p.m.
To: ENQUIRIES
Subject: Official Information Act request - Distribution of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) document to other agencies
Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Under the Official Information Act I would like to make a request for the following information/documents:
1) Logs and/or Documentation regarding the full or partial distribution of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to other Government departments and/or Members of Parliament & their officials/employees. (For clarification: as the actual document seems to be tightly controlled, I am of the belief that records would be kept of the dissemination of the document within MFAT and other Ministries, it is these records that I am requesting).
2) A list of submissions and requests regarding the TPPA from MPs, their officials/employees or other Ministries with the following information:
* Date
* Person making the enquiry
* Subject of enquiry
While I accept that requesting the TPPA document itself is covered under 6(e)(vi) of the Official Information Act, I do not believe requesting information of who has seen the document and/or provided feedback to MFAT would prejudice trade negotiations.
I understand a need to protect individual identities so where needed to withhold information under 9(2)(a) of the OIA, I would like you to ensure that the name of the organisation (and if possible the department within that organisation) that the person is representing be included.
I can affirm that I have a New Zealand Citizen, and can verify this if needed outside of the FYI.org.nz site.
Yours faithfully,
Nigel Jones
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From: ESD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Please find attached a response to your OIA request
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addressee and is not necessarily the official view or communication of the
Ministry. It may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended
recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this message or
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Nigel Jones left an annotation ()
The expected refusals occurred, so I'm actually reasonably impressed. Early response too.
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Nigel Jones left an annotation ()
I highly suspect that they'll try to find some justification that I haven't thought of to withhold, but I got curious after hearing a news soundbite of John Key claiming he had not seen the TPPA, so I really would like to know, who has.
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