Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can you release all emails from and to Tom Watson in the
last three weeks that relate to the attempted smear campaign
against senior Conservative MPs

Yours faithfully,

Mr Harding

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can I clarify the meaning of the phrase "smear campaign" to
mean:

"use of the Internet as a means of attacking the views, opinions or
policies of the opposition, or personal attacks on oppostion
members, or their relatives."

Yours sincerely,

Mr Harding

CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI264366

Dear Mr Harding,

Thank you for your request for information (attached). Your request was
received on 14/04/2009 and is being dealt with under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

Your sincerely,

FOI Team
Cabinet Office
E: [1][Cabinet Office request email]

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Dear Sir or Madam,

On April 14th I made a Freedom of Information Act request, labelled
as FOI264366 by the Cabinet Office.

A response was due on May 13th but this has not been received. I am
therefore writing to prompt the Cabinet Office into responding.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Harding

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 Cabinet Office's
handling of my FOI request 'Tom Watson and the smear campaign'.

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

This request is now overdue by over a week and despite prompting,
no acknowledgement has been forthcoming.

I will therefore have no option but to consider involving the ICO
if the Cabinet Office do not respond to the request to the
information I have a legal right to.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Harding

Please see attached response to your recent FOI request.

Paul Ballinger
Propriety and Ethics Team
Cabinet Office
Rm 118
70 Whitehall
London SW1A 2AS

email: [1][email address]

Making the Civil Service Work Better

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