§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement. [88482]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthOfficials from my Department regularly attend meetings of Council working groups. Occasionally, my Department is represented by officials from the United Kingdom's Permanent Representation of the European Union. I have listed in the table the working groups with which my Department is most closely involved, and the number of meetings attended in the last 12 months.
Meetings attended Audiovisual 9 Cultural affairs 16 Economic questions (tourism) 15 Intellectual property 13 1DTI lead