HC Deb 31 March 1999 vol 328 c712W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office 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. [79654]

Dr. Jack Cunningham

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Lewes (Mr. Baker) on 9 March 1999,Official Report, column 168. Any meetings involving PPSs in an official or semi-official capacity are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Ministerial Code.