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Enquiry

From
RSPB
Date advice given
26 March 2014
Enquiry type
Email

Request to remove a draft Statement of Common Ground from our website.

Advice given

Your comments regarding the status of the draft Statement of Common Ground submitted for deadline III are noted. We have decided not to remove the draft Statement of Common Ground from our website as your letter dated 25 March clearly sets out your views on the status and publication of this document. We also note that each page of the draft Statement of Common Ground is clearly marked 'draft', the front page gives the draft reference number, and it's unsigned and undated. We do not think any person could reasonably come to a view that this document had been concluded or completed, nor that the statements in it represent the final positions of the parties since it clearly only reflects their positions at the time it was submitted.