§ Mr. Liddell-GraingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who is responsible for the management of the Government's wine cellar. [136355]
§ Mr. RammellThe Government Wine Cellar is administered on a day-to-day basis by the Head of Government Hospitality, a civil servant in Conference and Visits Group of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Advice on the stock and quality of wines in the cellar is given by the Government Hospitality Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine (GHACPW), composed of four appointed Masters of Wine and a Chairman. The GHACPW is an advisory non-departmental public body that reports to me as the Minister responsible for Government Hospitality and FCO Services as a whole.