Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity correspondence regarding Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill: EIR release

Information requested

1. Any correspondence sent to Jim Fairlie on the Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill.

2. Any correspondence sent from Jim Fairlie on the Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill.

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested in annex A.

Some of the information you have requested is available from Rural Affairs and Islands Committee (Part 1) | Scottish Parliament TV and Greyhound Bill response to Stage 1 report | Scottish Parliament Website. Under regulation 6(1)(b) of the EIRs, we do not have to give you information which is already publicly available and easily accessible to you in another form or format. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

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EIR 202600505231 - Information Released - Annex A

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