Meetings between Wales Office ministers and journalists since May 2010
Published 19 January 2012
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We were asked for information on details of all meetings between Wales Office ministers and journalists since 12 May 2010 over breakfast, lunch or dinner, and the same information for Special Advisers.
The information contained in the following table (on each occasion the named persons were the only people present).
| Role | Meeting with | Date | Meal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special adviser | Kirsty Buchanan, Sunday Express | 23/09/10 | Lunch | |
| Special adviser | James Lyons, Daily Mirror | 16/11/10 | Lunch | |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Rob Irvine, Editor, Daily Post | 04/1/11 | Lunch | |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and special adviser | Rob Irvine, Editor, Daily Post | 19/1/11 | Lunch | |
| Secretary of State and special adviser | Andrew Porter, Daily Telegraph | 05/04/11 | Lunch | |
| Special adviser | Martin Shipton, Western Mail | 24/05/11 | Dinner | |
| Special adviser | Martin Shipton, Western Mail | 06/10/11 | Lunch | |
| Special adviser | Alan Edmunds, MediaWales | 08/10/11 | Lunch | |
| Special adviser | Mark O’Callaghan and Rhys Evans, BBC Wales News | 26/10/11 | Lunch |
In addition, a dinner was held on 3 November 2010 with the special adviser, the Secretary of State, the then Wales Office head of communications and representatives of the lobby in Cardiff. No accurate list of the attendees at this dinner is available.