Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:32:43 +0000
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - ACTA Secrecy
From: Mr Harding <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: FOI requests at Intellectual Property Office <xxx@xxx.xxx.xx>

     Dear Intellectual Property Office,
     
     Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
     Information reviews.
     
     I am writing to request an internal review of Intellectual Property
     Office's handling of my FOI request 'ACTA Secrecy'.
     
     I cannot believe that the Public Interest Test was at all
     objective. The ACTA has the capability of imposing big changes onto
     the UK and this information is being withheld from our MPs, and
     undermining the democratic process. When my fellow constituents and
     I elect our MP, it is for them to represent us and our interests in
     the National Parliament and I find it abhorrent that foreign powers
     are objecting to my representative knowing about these
     negotiations.
     
     I can think of few pieces of information that have a greater public
     interest that which countries are imposing their will of secrecy
     onto the UK Government and undermining our democratic process.
     
     I therefore wish to insist that the internal review considers the
     public interest test more carefully.
     
     A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
     available on the Internet at this address:
     http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/acta_secrecy
     
     Yours faithfully,
     
     Mr Harding
     
     
     
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