HC Deb 20 April 1999 vol 329 c500W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list, including names and dates, of all meetings that(a) he, (b) his officials, (c) his advisers and (d) his PPS have held during (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999 with people who work for political lobbying firms or for businesses that are members of the Public Relations Consultants Association. [79638]

Mr. Michael

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Lewes (Mr. Baker) by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 9 March 1999,Official Report, column 168. When a PPS attends a meeting in an official or semi-official capacity he or she has to do so in accordance with the requirements of the Ministerial Code.