§ Sir Donald Kaberryasked the Minister of Transport how many Ministers in his Department have made journeys abroad; if he will specify the number of separate occasions (a) to EEC countries and (b) to overseas countries outside the EEC within the 12 months to 30 June; how many staff of his Department and others accompanied the individual Minister on
Journey Number of accompanying staff Cost Number of days Object EEC Countries £ (a) Brussels 3 550 1 Discussions with EEC Transport Commissioner on Community transport regulations. (b) Paris 4 2,460 2 Meeting of European Conference of Ministers of Transport. (c) Brussels 4 690 1 Council of Ministers meeting. (d) Bonn 5 1,725 1 Meeting of European Conference of Ministers of Transport. (e) Netherlands 2 410 2 Discussions with Netherlands State Secretary for Transport. (f) Luxembourg 5 760 1 Council of Ministers meeting. Other Countries (a) United States 2 2,430 13 Study of United States transport systems. (b) China and HongKong 3 10,030 10 To promote British-Chinese trade particularly railways, and trade discussions in Hong Kong. Four further journeys are planned between 1 July and 31 December.