Government Hospitality: Wines Mr. Watson To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 216W, on Government hospitality: wines, at which events between 25 November 2009 and 25 December 2009 wine from the Government wine cellar was served; and which of those events was attended by the Minister for Europe. Chris Bryant Between 25 November 2009 and 25 December 2009 Government Hospitality (GH) organised the following events at which wines from the GH cellar were used: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Date |Event |Host Department | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |25 November|Dinner for Kids Task Force |Department for Children Schools and Families | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |25 November|Dinner for Chinese Transport Minister |Department of Transport (DoT) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |26 November|Lunch for European Ambassadors |Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |26 November|Reception for COI |Government Equalities Office | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |30 November|Reception for Asia Task Force |FCO | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |30 November|Reception for Corporate Alliance |Attorney-General's Office | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3 December |Reception for Global Health Security |Department of Health (DoH) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3 December |Dinner for European Parliament Transport Committee |DoT | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3 December |Dinner for Global Health Security |DoH | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |6 December |Dinner for Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister |FCO | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |7 December |Dinner for Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister |FCO | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |8 December |Reception for FCO Stakeholders |FCO | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |8 December |Dinner for FCO Ministerial Team |FCO | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |9 December |Reception for London Diplomatic Science Club |Department for Business Innovation and Skills| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |9 December |Reception for Overseas Territories Consultative Council|FCO | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |10 December|Dinner for London Business School |HM Treasury | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |11 December|Lunch for GH Advisory Committee |FCO | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |14 December|Reception for Hon CBE Presentation |Department for Energy and Climate Change | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hosted the lunch for European Union Ambassadors on 26 November and the Reception for the Overseas Territories Consultative Council on 9 December 2009. I also attended the reception for FCO Stakeholders and the dinner for the FCO ministerial team on 8 December.