❓ Hon Peter Foss asks the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries about a delayed response to a letter, its delivery to the Shire of Manjimup, and a potentially missing copy. The Minister provides details of the response's dispatch and receipt, denies receiving a hand-delivered copy, and confirms existing mail handling procedures are adequate.
AnsweredQoN 314Legislative Council
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I refer to your answers to question without notice No. 223 -
(1) Have you now answered this letter?
(2) If so, when?
(3) In view of the considerable delay from when the letter was sent to the Government, did you take any, and if so what, measures to expedite the answer?
(4) In particular, how was the letter sent to the Shire, and what delay was there between you signing the letter and it being transmitted?
(5) I have since asking question without notice No. 223, spoken to the Shire of Manjimup who tell me that at the same time as they hand delivered a copy of the letter to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage they also hand delivered a copy to you -
(a) do you know what happened to that copy of the letter;
(b) if you do not, will you make appropriate investigations to ascertain what happened to it;
(c) if you are unable to ascertain what happened to it will you ensure that you have in place measures to prevent a loss in future; and
(d) will you table a copy of your response?
(1) Have you now answered this letter?
(2) If so, when?
(3) In view of the considerable delay from when the letter was sent to the Government, did you take any, and if so what, measures to expedite the answer?
(4) In particular, how was the letter sent to the Shire, and what delay was there between you signing the letter and it being transmitted?
(5) I have since asking question without notice No. 223, spoken to the Shire of Manjimup who tell me that at the same time as they hand delivered a copy of the letter to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage they also hand delivered a copy to you -
(a) do you know what happened to that copy of the letter;
(b) if you do not, will you make appropriate investigations to ascertain what happened to it;
(c) if you are unable to ascertain what happened to it will you ensure that you have in place measures to prevent a loss in future; and
(d) will you table a copy of your response?
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Answered
27 November 2001
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
19 days
(b) if you do not, will you make appropriate investigations to ascertain what happened to it; (c) if you are unable to ascertain what happened to it will you ensure that you have in place measures to prevent a loss in future; and (d) will you table a copy of your response?
(c) if you are unable to ascertain what happened to it will you ensure that you have in place measures to prevent a loss in future; and (d) will you table a copy of your response?
(d) will you table a copy of your response?
(2) & (4) The response was signed by me on 13 September 2001 and posted to the Shire of Manjimup in the normal manner. My office has ascertained that it was received by the Shire on 17 September. (3) The response was expedited in the normal manner. (5) (a) - (b) My office has no record of the letter being received directly, either by hand or mail, in February. Discussion between my office and the Shire of Manjimup did not reveal a record of this in the Shire either. I would welcome the Hon Member providing me with the information he refers to. (c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(3) The response was expedited in the normal manner. (5) (a) - (b) My office has no record of the letter being received directly, either by hand or mail, in February. Discussion between my office and the Shire of Manjimup did not reveal a record of this in the Shire either. I would welcome the Hon Member providing me with the information he refers to. (c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(5) (a) - (b) My office has no record of the letter being received directly, either by hand or mail, in February. Discussion between my office and the Shire of Manjimup did not reveal a record of this in the Shire either. I would welcome the Hon Member providing me with the information he refers to. (c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(c) if you are unable to ascertain what happened to it will you ensure that you have in place measures to prevent a loss in future; and (d) will you table a copy of your response?
(d) will you table a copy of your response?
(2) & (4) The response was signed by me on 13 September 2001 and posted to the Shire of Manjimup in the normal manner. My office has ascertained that it was received by the Shire on 17 September. (3) The response was expedited in the normal manner. (5) (a) - (b) My office has no record of the letter being received directly, either by hand or mail, in February. Discussion between my office and the Shire of Manjimup did not reveal a record of this in the Shire either. I would welcome the Hon Member providing me with the information he refers to. (c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(3) The response was expedited in the normal manner. (5) (a) - (b) My office has no record of the letter being received directly, either by hand or mail, in February. Discussion between my office and the Shire of Manjimup did not reveal a record of this in the Shire either. I would welcome the Hon Member providing me with the information he refers to. (c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(5) (a) - (b) My office has no record of the letter being received directly, either by hand or mail, in February. Discussion between my office and the Shire of Manjimup did not reveal a record of this in the Shire either. I would welcome the Hon Member providing me with the information he refers to. (c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(c) I have no reason to believe that the measures in place to deal with mail are not effective (d) Yes. See tabled paper.
(d) Yes. See tabled paper.
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