Organisation · GOV.UK transparency returns · James Lansdale, BBC Diplomatic Affairs corrispondent
James Lansdale, BBC Diplomatic Affairs corrispondent
- Identity
organisation:govuk:James Lansdale, BBC Diplomatic Affairs corrispondent— the GOV.UK transparency returns key, used as-is. No identity here is invented.- Graph built
- 5 September 2026
Names in the records
Each spelling a register uses for this entity, and the method that tied it here. A name is never the identity; a similar name is never a match.
| As published | Register | Tied by | Confidence | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lansdale, BBC Diplomatic Affairs corrispondent | GOV.UK transparency returns | exact name within one register | 1.0 | 1 |
What the records establish
- James Lansdale, BBC Diplomatic Affairs corrispondent: 1 record of "recorded meeting with a minister" on 20 December 2018.
| Relationship | With | Date | Amount | Detail | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| recorded meeting with a minister | Tariq Ahmad | 20 December 2018 | — | ministerial_meetings |
What this does not establish
The records above establish that James Lansdale, BBC Diplomatic Affairs corrispondent and each entity named appear together in an official register, in the relationship that register records, on the date it records. They do not establish why any donation was made, why any contract was awarded, whether any one record was known to the people behind another, or that any record caused another. No causal inference is made on this page, and nothing here is a finding of any kind against anyone. A reported donation is a lawful, reported transaction; a contract award is a published notice; a seat is a seat.
Derived from: ministerial_meetings. Each row above names the table and key it came from and links the official record where one exists. How the graph is built is described at the evidence graph.