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Ms Kelly Bornshlegel
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13 February 2009 |
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Dear Ms Bornshlegel
Freedom of Information Request F2009-020
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 23 January 2009. You asked for a list of all documents held by DFID which refer to British Gas's (BG's) Gaza Marine Field, BG's exploration licence offshore Gaza, or to the sale of gas from this gas field to Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Authority or Hamas. You asked that we include minutes of internal and external meetings, correspondence or memos.
We have now completed the search of our electronic records from 2005 until present for the information you have asked for and I can confirm that we hold the following documents, which are entirely related to your request:
Copy of a UK Trade and Investment submission to Secretary of State for Trade and Industry about the agreement to export gas from the Palestinian Gaza field to Egypt, dated 23 June 2005.
DFID internal email - note of meeting with British Gas officials, dated 28 November 2006.
DFID submission to Secretary of State for International Development regarding a proposed meeting with British Gas Vice President dated 5 January 2007.
DFID submission to Secretary of State for International Development, providing briefing for the meeting with British Gas Vice President, dated 13 February 2007.
DFID internal document - minute of meeting with British Gas Vice President, dated 16 February 2007.
DFID internal document - update regarding meeting with British Gas officials, dated 8 March 2007.
DFID internal email - comments on update, dated 8 March 2008.
Copy of British Gas document giving an update of its position, dated June 2008.
We also hold the following documents which contain references to British Gas's Gaza marine field, although this is not the main or only subject of the document:
DFID internal minute on the review of DFID support to the water sector through the Palestinian Water Authority, dated 26 April 2006.
Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) report of their visit to Israel and Palestinian Territories, e-mail dated 22 December 2006.
`Economic Aspects of Peace in the Middle East' - UK Government report by Ed Balls MP and John Cunliffe, dated September 2007
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me quoting reference F2009-020.
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If you do make a complaint and are not content with the outcome, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted DFID's complaints procedure. You can contact the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office,
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Wilmslow,
Cheshire
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Yours sincerely
John McGinn
Openness Unit
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