Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 4 September 2018.
Charlie Elphicke
Independent, Dover
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and representatives of (a) CER, (b) the CBI, (c) the Institute of Directors, (d) Greenpeace, (e) Oxfam, (f) Friends of the Earth, (g) British Chambers of Commerce, (h) Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and (i) the EEF in the last twelve months.
Richard Harrington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012#2016
Details of meetings with officials is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
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