HC Deb 05 December 1996 vol 286 cc730-1W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is her Department's procedure for advising hon. Members of ministerial visits to their constituencies.[3977]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

My office is instructed to write notifying right hon. and hon. Members of all official visits to their constituencies.

Mr. Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list each official visit which she has made to the London borough of Southwark since her appointment and the date in each case of the notification of the visit to the hon. Member whose constituency she visited. [2921]

Mrs. Bottomley

[holding answer] 1 November 1996Official visits to the London borough of Southwark since my appointment include29 August 1995: A rehearsal for British Youth Opera at South Bank university 27 September 1995: A site visit to Bankside, Summer street 3 October 1995: A visit to GMTV Studios, London TV Centre, South Bank 26 October 1995: A visit to South Bank Centre, Royal Festival Hall 26 October 1995: Attend the launch of "Centenary of Cinema", at the Museum of the Moving Image, South Bank 9 November 1995: Visit to the Globe theatre, Bankside and the Rose theatre site 8 January 1996: Attend AA and Power Exhibition, at the Hayward gallery, South Bank 12 March 1996: Open the headquarters of Groundwork Southwark, and visit Burgess Park 30 July 1996: Attend the Arts Review launch at the Royal Festival Hall 31 July 1996: Visit Butler's Wharf Chef School 19 September 1996: Attend a lunch to launch stage 2 of "Making more of music", at The Warehouse, Theed street 23 October 1996: Open "Charlotte Perriand: Modernist Pioneer" Exhibition, at the Design museum 30 October 1996: Launch of The Human Resources Document at Butler's Wharf Chef School 21 November 1996: Launch of English Heritage annual report at the Oxo tower

It was not previously the practice in my Department routinely to maintain records of notification of visits. However, details exist of letters of 16 July, 29 October and 18 November to the office of the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) regarding the events on 30 July, 30 October and 21 November respectively.

Mr. Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when she next plans to visit the London borough of Southwark to discuss the operation of the national lottery. [4298]

Mrs. Bottomley

[holding answerl8 November 1996]I have no immediate plans to do so.