HC Deb 13 April 1999 vol 329 cc123-4W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will publish a list, including names and dates, of all meetings that(a) she, (b) her officials, (c) her advisers and (d) her 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. [79646]

Clare Short

I refer to an answer given by the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Lewes (Mr. Baker) on 9 March 1999,Official Report, column 168. The Ministerial Code also applies to Parliamentary Private secretaries when attending any meetings in an official or semi-official capacity.