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In message <[log in to unmask]>,
at 10:56:03 on Tue, 30 Nov 2004, "Wood, Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>I also had this doubt as it is still unclear whether FOI legally
>confers a right of access beyond the UK (see section 48 of this
>document on FOI fees on my FOI webiste:  "There is separate work
>ongoing to determine whether the FOI Act is able to confer rights of
>access on non-UK nationals.")

Seems a little harsh to exclude permanent residents from foreign
countries. Mrs Quinn is an American permanently settled here, for
example; does she deserve any less rights under these laws?
--
Roland Perry

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