Committees: Ministerial Attendance Mr. Wallace To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what occasions (a) she and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if she will make a statement. Ms Rosie Winterton No central record of ministerial invitations to appear before committees of the European Parliament is maintained. However, the Secretary of State did appear before the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee during the United Kingdom European Union Presidency. No Ministers have appeared before either the Scottish Parliament or the Welsh Assembly since 2004. The Northern Ireland Assembly has been suspended since 2002.