EIR/202500455795 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Drafting of the opening speech in the Scotland’s Renewable Future debate: EIR release
Information requested
All internal Scottish Government correspondence, involving Civil Servants and/or Special Advisers, discussing the drafting of the opening speech made by Gillian Martin in the Scotland’s Renewable Future debate held in the Scottish Parliament on 4th March 2025.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested:
E-mails between Officials:
An exception under regulation 11(2) of the EIRs (personal information) applies to all 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 exception 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 exception.
An exception under regulation 10(4)(e) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (the EIRs) allows a Scottish public authority to withhold internal communications, and has been applied to some of the information.
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Response I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested: E-mails between Officials: An exception under regulation 11(2) of the EIRs (personal information) applies to all 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. An exception under regulation 10(4)(e) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (the EIRs) allows a Scottish public authority to withhold internal communications, and has been applied to some of the information.