HC Deb 14 July 1998 vol 316 c160W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Minister without Portfolio (1) if he will list those invitations he has received to meetings organised since May 1997 by(a) GPC Market Access and (b) other lobbying firms which he has declined to attend; and in each case what was the purpose of the meeting; [50564]

(2) if he will list the occasions when he has addressed meetings set up by (a) GPC Market Access and (b) other lobbying organisations; what was the purpose of these meetings; and if the meetings were conducted under Chatham House rules. [50464]

Mr. Mandelson

I regularly receive invitations from individuals and organisations to address meetings in my Ministerial capacity. I have not addressed any meetings organised by GPC Market Access or any similar political lobbying organisations since May 1997.