HC Deb 09 March 1983 vol 38 cc426-7W
13. Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will list in the Official Report by date and country, all the visits made by Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to each of the states in the middle east since May 1979.

Mr. Hurd

Yes

Visits to states in the middle east by FCO Ministers from May 1979 to February 1983
Date
Bahrain
Mr. Hurd January 1980
Mr. Hurd February 1982
Egypt
Mr. Hurd December 1979
Sir Ian Gilmour (LPS) May 1980
Lord Carrington January 1981
Lord Carrington (President Sadat's funeral) October 1981
Mr. Hurd September 1982
Mr. Pym October 1982
Iraq
Lord Carrington July 1979
Mr. Hurd July 1980
Mr. Hurd July 1981
Israel
Mr. Hurd December 1979
Lord Carrington March 1982
Jordan
Mr. Hurd October 1979
Sir Ian Gilmour (LPS) February 1981
Mr. Hurd July 1981
Mr. Hurd September 1982
Mr. Pym November 1982
Kuwait
Mr. Hurd March 1980
Sir Ian Gilmour (LPS) February 1981
Lebanon
Mr. Hurd October 1979
Oman
Lord Carrington January 1980
Mr. Hurd February 1981
Mr. Hurd April 1981
Mr. Hurd December 1981
Mr. Hurd February 1982
Mr. Hurd November 1982
Qatar
Mr. Hurd January 1980
Mr. Hurd April 1981
Mr. Hurd March 1982
Saudi Arabia
Lord Carrington January 1980
Mr. Hurd March 1980
Mr. Hurd July 1980
Lord Carrington August 1980
Mr. Hurd February 1981
Mr. Hurd April 1981
Lord Carrington November 1982
Mr. Pym (Death of King Khalid) June 1982
Syria
Mr. Hurd October 1979
Sir Ian Gilmour (LPS) February 1981
Mr. Pym October 1982
United Arab Emirates
Mr. Hurd January 1980
Mr. Hurd January 1981
Mr. Hurd April 1981
Mr. Hurd September 1982
Yemen (north)
Mr. Hurd March 1980
Mr. Hurd March 1982