HC Deb 23 July 1997 vol 298 cc675-6W
Mr. Fallon

To 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.

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