foi for minutes of the meeting with nominet at parliament

tldr:

Nominet is a member owned entity with a monopoly over the .UK domain system (the board however frequently acts in its own interests).
Nominet has been attending possibly funding meetings with UK.gov on the topic of a free & open internet and how to defend it (the board is know to have a different opinion of free & open to that you might expect).
Nominet is not transparent on its funding and lobbying.
I identified images on twitter that showed Nominet attended an event at the House of Commons Terrace Dining Rooms.
I asked the House of Commons for what information it held about the meeting.
The House of Commons reveals the meeting was paid for by Lodgestone Communications Ltd.
Lodgestone Communications Ltd is involved in operating events for the PICTFOR APPG.
Nominet donates £ 6000 to PICTFOR every year for access to Government influence.

request:

Dear House of Commons,

I am led to believe through the tweet https://twitter.com/Nominet/status/15929… there was a meeting at the house of commons involving Nominet and MP (quite possibly the Terrace Dining Rooms).

Can you please provide us with the full attendance, minutes, communications, costs and any other records associated with this meeting.

Yours faithfully,

response:

Freedom of Information Request F22-710

Thank you for your request for information as copied below. You asked for
the full attendance, minutes, communications, costs and any other records
held by the House of Commons in regards to a meeting between the company
Nominet and a Member of Parliament.

Some information is held by the House of Commons.

In the first instance, please note your request refers to an event
sponsored by Darren Jones MP on behalf of a company named Lodestone
Communications Ltd where representatives of Nominet were also present. The
House only holds a limited amount of information regarding events of this
nature, and we do not hold any official records of these meetings, nor are
organisers required to provide us with these. The information we do hold
regarding your request is attached, and details of these are as follows:

• We hold five emails between the House of Commons and Lodestone
Communications regarding the organisation process for this event,
including relevant attachments.
• We also hold one email between the House of Commons and the office of
Darren Jones MP to confirm his sponsorship for this event.

Additionally, please note that some personal information in these emails,
namely the names and contact details of employees of Lodestone
Communications, House of Commons staff and Mr Jones’ staff, have been
withheld in accordance with section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA). This is because we have concluded that the disclosure of
this information would not be consistent with the data protection
principle found in Article 5.1(a) of the UK General Data Protection
Regulation (UK GDPR). This is an absolute exemption and the public
interest test does not apply.

Lastly, it may help you to know that more details of this event may be
held by Darren Jones MP, and you may wish to make a request to him also,
contact details can be found at:
[1]http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-o…. Please note
however that Members of Parliament are not public authorities for the
purposes of the Freedom of Information Act. This means that they are not
obliged to respond to requests made under the Act.

You may, if dissatisfied with the handling of your request, complain to
the House of Commons. Alternatively, if you are dissatisfied with the
outcome of your request you may ask the House of Commons to conduct an
internal review of any decision regarding your request. Complaints or
requests for internal review should be addressed to: Information
Compliance Team, Governance Office, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA or
[2][House of Commons request email]. Please ensure that you specify the full
reasons for your complaint or internal review along with any arguments or
points that you wish to make.

If you remain dissatisfied, you may appeal to the Information Commissioner
at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF,
[3]https://ico.org.uk/.

Yours sincerely,

slog.sheaflabs.com

foi for minutes of the meeting with nominet at parliament

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