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From: Climate Emergency UK <[FOI #937483 email]>
Sent: 16 January 2023 20:02
To: Data Protection <[St Helens Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Lobbying for climate action &
funding
 
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Dear St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council,

Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information
Regulations request.

I would like information about your council’s lobbying work in relation to
climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards.

In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following
question:

Has the council written to or met with UK national or devolved governments
to ask or lobby for climate action since 1st January 2019? Please provide
some evidence of the most recent letter or meeting such as a copy of the
letter or email sent, or the date, topic of meeting and position of the
person that the meeting was held with.

This includes either asking for more powers and funding for local
authorities to take climate action, or asking for the government to take
further action themselves. This includes working with other local
authorities to send joint letters or meetings to lobby UK or devolved
governments, and includes both general climate action and calls for action
on specific issues such as transport where climate change is mentioned as
a motivating factor for taking action.

This includes if a cabinet member or other councillor has written to or
met with the UK or devolved governments on behalf of the council.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK

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