Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Gaza

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From: David Hansen

23 January 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide the minutes of meetings at which the BBC decided not
to provide airtime for Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for
Gaza.

Please provide notes of any communications the BBC has had with the
government of Israel and Israeli lobbyists on this matter.

Please also note that "replies" which involve attachments in
proprietary file formats are not acceptable. A reply which is not
in plain text format will be deemed to be a refusal to answer.

Yours faithfully,

David Hansen

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From: FOI Enquiries
British Broadcasting Corporation

26 January 2009

Dear Mr Hansen,

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, about minutes from the decision to not broadcast the
DEC Appeal for Gaza. Also any communication that the BBC had with the
Israeli government and Israeli lobbyists. Your request was received on
23rd January, 2009. We will deal with your request as promptly as
possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any
queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.

The reference number for your request is RFI20090154.

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From: FOI Enquiries
British Broadcasting Corporation

20 February 2009

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Dear Mr Hansen,

Please find attached the BBC's response to your Freedom of Information Act
request regarding the DEC Gaza Appeal.

<<RFI20090154 - final response.pdf>>

Yours sincerely

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From: David Hansen

22 February 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of British Broadcasting
Corporation's handling of my FOI enquiry 'Disasters Emergency
Committee appeal for Gaza'. You have failed to comply with the last
paragraph of my enquiry.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/di...

Yours sincerely,

David Hansen

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From: FOI Enquiries
British Broadcasting Corporation

23 February 2009

Dear Mr Hansen,

Thank you for your email regarding your request for an Internal Review
to your Freedom of Information Act request (RFI20090154).

As explained in our response dated 20 February 2009, where the Act does
not apply to the information held by the BBC in relation to your
request, we do not offer an Internal Review but suggest that if you do
not agree with our decision then you can raise the issue directly with
the Information Commissioner's Office. The contact details for the ICO
can also be found in our previous response.

Yours sincerely,

Information Policy and Compliance.

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From: David Hansen

24 February 2009

Dear FOI Enquiries,

This "reply" demonstrates that the BBC is as arrogant as ever. As I
explained I requested an internal review because the BBC had failed
to comply with the last paragraph of my original enquiry. In your
"reply" you completely ignore that and instead waffle on about
something entirely different in an attempt to distract attention. I
suggest that you read the last paragraph of my original enquiry
before replying.

Yours sincerely,

David Hansen

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