Correspondence regarding telecommunications regulatory review

Sam Brown made this Official Information request to Ministry for the Environment

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From: Sam Brown

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request the following information regarding the telecommunications regulatory review:

All correspondence, submissions, and representations received from telecommunications companies, industry bodies, and related stakeholders between 1st Jan 2025 and present, including:

- Formal written submissions
- Emails and letters to the Minister, Ministry officials, or ministerial staff
- Records of meetings, briefings, or phone calls with industry representatives
- Any draft policy language or regulatory text proposed by external parties

For each piece of correspondence, please include:

- Date received
- Submitting organisation/individual
- Summary of key requests or positions advocated
- Whether the submitter requested specific regulatory changes, exemptions, or policy positions

Any ministerial briefings analysing stakeholder positions or recommending responses to industry representations

I understand some material may have been proactively released; please exclude documents already publicly available and provide links to those releases instead.
I do not require:

- Personal contact details of individual staff members
- Information subject to legal professional privilege
- Cabinet papers (which I understand are subject to separate processes)

Yours faithfully,

Sam Brown

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From: Sam Brown

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

This request was submitted to MfE in error. Please transfer to the Ministry for Regulation.

Yours faithfully,

Sam Brown

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