FOI/202600515049 · FOI · partially withheld
Documentation held regarding Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill: FOI release
Information requested
Could you supply all minutes/notes from meetings, briefings and analysis, held about Graham Simpson’s right to recall bill, between February 1 2026 and March 1 2026?
Response
Some of the materials you have requested can be located at Annex A. Two other documents are included as Annexes C and D.
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Some annexes from briefing packs can be located using the following link - Scottish Parliament (Recall of Members) Bill | Scottish Parliament Website
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (Personal Information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of 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.
Exemptions under s.30(b)(i), s.30(c) and s36(1) apply to some of the materials. The reason why is included in Annex B of this response.
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Detected exemption language
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. Some annexes from briefing packs can be located using the following link - Scottish Parliament (Recall of Members) Bill | Scottish Parliament Website An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (Personal Information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of 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. Exemptions under s.30(b)(i), s.30(c) and s36(1) apply to some of the materials.