If I feel a bit like Wayne Rooney this morning, you will understand.
Last week, in my regular questions and answers section, I lost the plot and the resulting avalanche of polite and not so polite emails and phone calls shows just how carefully this page is read, and by whom.
So, for the record, I apologise both to the original reader and to all the rest of you, for giving a misleading answer. While it is perfectly in order for family members under 18 to sit and have a meal in a pub, it is now only those over 16 who may be allowed to drink alcohol with their meals.
So the 14 and 15-year-olds in the question are not allowed to have wine with the meal, as indeed they would have under the old law. Stricter rules came in with the 2003 Act last year.
However, there is one beneficial change, which I also indicated last week. The general prohibition on under-18s drinking in pubs is relaxed in the case of these under-age diners, so that the concession applies as much in the bar as it does in the restaurant or outside. That was not allowed before, so it means the meal in question can be taken in the bar area, say at lunchtime, and as long as you are sure the youngsters concerned are at least 16, they can have beer, wine or cider with their meal, as long as it is ordered and paid for by an adult.
This does not mean 14 and 15-year-olds cannot join their parents at such a meal, even in the bar area. Even if your converted licence still contains the old restriction on under-14s (which some misguided local authorities still maintain carries over from the old law) those above that age are permitted access to all public parts of the premises, including the bar.
But at that age, they cannot now be given alcohol. Strangely enough, I got it right on 2 March. Maybe I was watching too much football last week...