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The complainant requested copies of minutes and notes of meetings between the public authority and officials in relation to the government’s decision to cease funding the over 75s TV licence concession, and for the public authority to take over the responsibility. The public authority withheld the information held within the scope of the request in reliance on the exemptions at sections 36(2)(b) and (c) FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exemption contained at section 36(2)(b).