HC Deb 10 January 1996 vol 269 c250W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next hopes to pay an official visit to(a) Athens, (b) Madrid and (c) Lisbon to discuss deregulation measures and the enforcement of EU directives. [6843]

Mr. David Davis

Neither my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary nor I has plans to visit Athens, Madrid or Lisbon to discuss deregulation measures and the enforcement of EU directives. My colleague the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster visited Madrid for this purpose in October and intends to meet Ministers from Athens and Lisbon early in 1996.