Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he plans to publish the bi-annual report on the Government Wine Cellar for 2020-22; and with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2023 to Question 194689 and pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2023 to Question 1466 on Government Hospitality: Wines, for what reasons the report was not published (a) in Autumn 2023 and (b) before the Christmas recess.

The Report was published on 11th January 2024. We profusely apologise for the delay in the publication of the report.