Contact with Met Police Inspector Bedwell, ObscenePublications Unit
Hessie, 14 Sep 2005 23:30:42
Before making an FOI request, just phone them up and ask! No need to
make life more difficult than necessary...
H.
Ian wrote:
> Dem Red and others
>
> I've been trying to call John Lovatt this evening to confirm my
> understanding of the "committee" that Bedwell refers to. Of course it
> might have nothing whatsoever to do with the consultation but be the
> Commons Home Affairs Select Committee as it was that about Bedwell
> making a presentation to that Committee about which John spoke on
> Friday last. I'll let you know when I have clarification from John.
> Only then will it become clear whether there is an opening to be
> used for a group letter
>
>> should we draft a group letter asking that we -- as one or a number
>> of groups -- be consulted and outlining our ocncerns?
>
>
>
> From the info that Hessie [the Civil Servant] gave us and the link
> to the Cabinet Office Code of Practice for Consultations, it seems
> that the Home Office SHOULD have carried out pre-consultation
> discussions with interested parties. No one in the BDSM community is
> indicating that they received any such approach from the Home Office
> before the consultation paper was issued. It may be worth making a
> Freedom of Information Act request to the Home Office to learn what
> groups / individuals they had discussions with before issuing the
> public consultation document. It may well be that no such groups who
> would want to oppose the proposed actions were consulted. I know that
> the Home Office are being very very slow in responding to FOI
> requests and are frequently well outside the required time frame in
> giving responses.
>
> I have a look at making such a request when I'm back from Germany at
> the end of the month
>
> Ian
>
> At 13:02 14/09/2005, you wrote:
>
>> So should we draft a group letter asking that we -- as one or a
>> number of groups -- be consulted and outlining our ocncerns?
>>
>>
>>
>> Author wrote:
>> > At the Conway Hall meeting last Friday, John Lovatt, the Spanner
>> > Trust's solicitor trustee, told the attendees that he was going to be
>> > in touch with Met. Police Inspector Chris Bedwell, Obscene
>> > Publications Unit of C O 14 Clubs & Vice Unit. We had met Inspector
>> > Bedwell earlier this year at two workshops that the Trust had
>> > organised to help further educate the film examiners at the British
>> > Board of Film Classification about BDSM.
>> > John told the attendees last Friday that he would report back when he
>> > had heard from Inspector Bedwell. He has now had a reply to his email
>> > to Inspector Bedwell:
>> > >I have received an e-mail from Inspector Bedwell. He says that he
>> > >would welcome our comments and input and will arrange for my letter
>> > >to be forwarded to the Committee for their views with regards to
>> > >members of the SM community taking part in further consultation. He
>> > >says that as and when he hears anything further he will be in
>> touch with me.
>> > Presumably the "Committee" referred to is the one at the Home Office
>> > involved in the Consultation.
>> > regards
>> > Ian Gurnhill
>> > Spanner Trust trustee
>> > www.spannertrust.org
>> > Know the Law, Help Change the Law
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