Details of request 'Channel 4 News Requests to Government'

Event history

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id event_type created_at described_state last_described_at calculated_state link
112786 sent Thu Nov 19 20:19:35 UTC 2009 waiting_response Thu Nov 19 20:19:35 UTC 2009 waiting_response outgoing
112930 response Fri Nov 20 11:06:11 UTC 2009 waiting_response Fri Nov 20 11:10:28 UTC 2009 waiting_response incoming
122484 followup_sent Sat Dec 19 07:30:07 UTC 2009 outgoing
124353 response Tue Dec 29 11:02:22 UTC 2009 Tue Dec 29 11:36:10 UTC 2009 rejected incoming
124366 followup_sent Tue Dec 29 11:35:41 UTC 2009 rejected outgoing
132404 response Tue Jan 19 11:35:12 UTC 2010 rejected Tue Jan 19 12:46:34 UTC 2010 rejected incoming

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