Comments on: FOI request: Minutes from BBC Governor’s meetings post-Hutton http://heatherbrooke.org/2005/foi-request-minutes-from-bbc-governors-meetings-post-hutton/ Heather Brooke is an award-winning writer, journalist and activist Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:17:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Graham Edridge http://heatherbrooke.org/2005/foi-request-minutes-from-bbc-governors-meetings-post-hutton/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Graham Edridge Wed, 18 May 2005 13:10:47 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2005/foi-request-minutes-from-bbc-governors-meetings-post-hutton/#comment-622 It's pedantic, I know,and probably won't make any difference, but Mr Gray's response refers to S36(2)(b)(11) "......PREJUDICE the free and frank exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation", whereas the Act actually says "...INHIBIT the free and frank exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation". The two have completely different meanings, and the response did not acurately describe the exemption contained in the Act. It’s pedantic, I know,and probably won’t make any difference, but Mr Gray’s response refers to S36(2)(b)(11) “……PREJUDICE the free and frank exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation”, whereas the Act actually says “…INHIBIT the free and frank exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation”. The two have completely different meanings, and the response did not acurately describe the exemption contained in the Act.

]]> By: john greig http://heatherbrooke.org/2005/foi-request-minutes-from-bbc-governors-meetings-post-hutton/comment-page-1/#comment-621 john greig Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:09:52 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2005/foi-request-minutes-from-bbc-governors-meetings-post-hutton/#comment-621 Why the hell are the Governors having 'informal' unminuted meetings for? Were expenses claimed for this meeting? Why the hell are the Governors having ‘informal’ unminuted meetings for?

Were expenses claimed for this meeting?

]]> By: Phillip Bradshaw http://heatherbrooke.org/2005/foi-request-minutes-from-bbc-governors-meetings-post-hutton/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Phillip Bradshaw Fri, 08 Apr 2005 16:53:24 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2005/foi-request-minutes-from-bbc-governors-meetings-post-hutton/#comment-620 Section 36 is a cop-out if used like this. It should never be used as a blanket exemption for minutes for the reasons you set out. There may be some specific things in the minutes which could legitimately attract the argument that if made public it would hinder discussion in future meetings but that is a case for redaction, not a refusal to disclose any minutes at all. Section 36 is a cop-out if used like this. It should never be used as a blanket exemption for minutes for the reasons you set out.

There may be some specific things in the minutes which could legitimately attract the argument that if made public it would hinder discussion in future meetings but that is a case for redaction, not a refusal to disclose any minutes at all.

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