FOI/202600514594 · FOI · partially withheld
Documentation regarding Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture's meeting with Swiss Ambassador: FOI release
Information requested
All documentation held, including correspondence sent and received (including internal), minutes/notes from meetings, briefings and analysis, from/about Angus Robertson's meeting with the Swiss Ambassador Dominique Paravicini on October 29 2025, between October 1 2025 and November 15 2025.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section s.38 (1) (b) (third party personal data) of FOISA applies to that information. Section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to information which constitutes personal data relating to identifiable third parties. Disclosure of this information would breach the data protection principles set out in the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the 'public interest test', so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
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Detected exemption language
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exemptions under section s.38 (1) (b) (third party personal data) of FOISA applies to that information. Section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to information which constitutes personal data relating to identifiable third parties. This exemption is not subject to the 'public interest test', so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.