http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/19/second-conservative-minister-accused-adviserThe Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc) has denied she was a formal government adviser to Barker, saying instead that she advised his department, which is a wholly different position.
"In her capacity as a delivery adviser to Decc on energy efficiency, she was given a business card," a Decc spokesman said.
Maes has now been asked to change her website to reflect that she is an adviser to the ministry and not the minister, the spokesman added.
Next time, blame the business card printer?