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Originally Posted by AlexanderHanff
What I generally do when writing to MPs is include in the correspondence that I will be publishing their response online. But it doesn't really matter as a politician should always assume that anything they say to a member of the public in an official capacity may or will be used in the public domain. In fact I would go further and say that anything a politician does not want to say on the record, should not be said at all under any circumstances, given the Freedom of Information Act it is likely that at some point in the future it will come back to haunt them.
Alexander Hanff
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All good points. I really should have thought to include in the letter that I would be publishing the response. This is the first time I have felt strongly enough about an issue that I contacted an MP/MEP. In the heat of the moment didnt think of it.
Will ensure I include a similar phrase in all future correspondence, such as to Liberty (I just managed to fix my printer so a letter will be winging its way to them to follow on from my email last week) and then am good to publish the response if there are no objections.