To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will give the dates of any meetings he had with (a) the Labour Party Registered Treasurer or Representative Officer, (b) the Conservative Party Registered Treasurer or Representative Officer or (c) the Liberal Party Registered Treasurer or Representative Officer since December 2006, other than those which took place during meetings with Hayden Phillips. (178769)

In my capacity as Secretary of State for Justice, I have not held any meetings with political party representatives since December 2006.

In addition to the information in the answer of 7 January 2008, Official Report, column 156W, I have met with representatives of political parties on party funding (including those of my own party), in my capacity as one of my party’s representatives at the cross-party talks.