§ Mr. FallonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the businesses visited by each Minister in her Department since their appointment indicating the date of each visit. [7668]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 10 July 1997]: My Ministers have, of course, met a wide range of business people at meetings in the office, on overseas visits, conferences, trade shows, luncheons, dinners, receptions and constituency engagements. In addition, my Ministers and I have visited the following businesses since being appointed.
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Venue Date President of the board of Trade Rolls-Royce Derby 13 June PowerGen Connahs Quay, North Wales 4 July Lord Clinton-Davis Airports Co. Ltd. Johannesburg, South Africa 17 June Anglo-American Corporation Johannesburg, South Africa 18 June Gencor South Africa 18 June United Utilities Asia Pacific Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia 23 June Taylor Woodrow Construction Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia 24 June Multimedia Development Corporation Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia 24 June Standard Chartered Bank Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia 24 June Boots Store Siam Centre, Thailand 26 June John Battle Ericsson Haslemere, Surrey 6 June BP Baku, Azerbaijan 2 June NPL Teddington, Middx 2 July Amoco Teeside 4 July Lord Simon None Barbara Roche Tottenham Task Force London 8 May Birmingham NEC Birmingham 4 June Business Link Solihull 4 June HSBC Holdings London 10 June North London Chamber of Commerce London 11 June Eften Europa Mansfield 12 June Roy Lowe and Sons Mansfield 12 June Business Link, Leicester Leicester 12 June Schahin Cury Brazil 16 June Cultura Inglesa Brazil 17 June Shell Brazil 18 June Glaxo Wellcome Brazil 19 June North London Chamber of Commerce London 01 July Vision Interactive Bristol 09 July Business Link West Bristol 09 July Ian McCartney None Nigel Griffiths None