RESTRICTED
4.
While I am strongly of the belief that the right to petition to Her Majesty should be a real one, there ought to be some arrangements in place to allow petitions falling into the categories described in 9.4.1 to be dealt with at a lower level. If my interpretation of subparagraph 9.4.1 is incorrect and it does not apply to petitions to the Queen inter alia, (which means that all the flow charts are also incorrect), I think it would be advisable to incorporate this procedure into the text of Chapter 9 regarding petitions to Her Majesty.*
5.
I would be very grateful for your views on this.
Gill Cogan
Gill Coglin
Hong Kong Department WH311
270 2652
* I have just received an advance copy of the March 1990 DSP vol &. I attach the relevant chapter 9. It appears that the procedure for petition,
9.4.1 does apply of a trivial nature outlined in to petitions 18 the Queen. From my reading of
//// this text I think the annexes reflect The correct pocedure as outlined mene in para 9.4.1. je that the procedure for dealing with petitions is the
new
Queen allows a decision to be taken at AVS level.
not is forward
CC Mr January (WIAD)
се
pektion to the palace.
17 December 1990
RESTRICTED