Derek McDowell (Labour)

I was looking to distinguish between the two. The way paragraph (aa) is drafted refers to communication between two members of the Government relating to a matter under consideration or proposed to be submitted to Government. If I apply now for correspondence between Ministers in respect of a decision made by a Government six months ago, that exemption will not save those records from disclosure. Perhaps I should not point this out to the Minister of State but it seems that as soon as the decision is taken, those records will be available and will not be caught by the ten year rule.