EIR/202300381672 · FOI/EIR · released
Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023: EIR release
Information requested
1. All correspondence, sent and received, between the Scottish Government and representatives of HM the Queen and/or HM the King, including the monarch's legal representatives, regarding the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 and the application of crown consent to that bill in line with rule 9.11 of standing orders for the Scottish parliament;
2. All correspondence, sent and received, between the Scottish Government and representatives of HM the Queen and/or HM the King, including the monarch's legal representatives, regarding any changes sought by the representatives of either the Queen or the King to any parts of that bill;
3. Minutes of Scottish Government meetings regarding obtaining crown consent to that bill, as above;
4. Internal emails involving Scottish Government officials and ministers regarding seeking and obtaining crown consent to that bill;
5. Briefings, memos or other documents written for Scottish ministers regarding (wholly or in part) the application of crown consent to this bill, including but not exclusively, ministerial responses on the topic of crown consent for use during parliamentary evidence sessions, parliamentary debates or for parliamentary questions.
Response
I enclose some of the information you requested at Annex A. 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 exceptions under regulations 10(4)(e) (internal communications), 10(5)(d)(confidentiality of proceedings) and 11(2) (personal information) apply. Further details of these exceptions have been set out at Annex B of this letter.
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