§ Mr. HammondTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 24 July,Official Report column 731, if she will list for each overseas visit the name of the Minister involved, the country visited and the dates of the visit. [11239]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 29 July 1997]: The information requested is as follows. This includes updated information relating to visits since 2 May and details of a few visits inadvertently omitted from the earlier list.
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Minister Country of visit Date Visits made since 2 May 1997 Lord Clinton Davis USA 16–19 May South Africa 14–19 June Thailand/Malaysia 21–27 June France 20–21 July Ireland 24–25 July Mrs. Roche Brazil 15–19 June Mr. Griffiths Greece 25–30 June Mr. Battle Azerbaijan 1–3 June Visits planned for the remainder of 1997 President Australia/India n/a Lord Clinton-Davis Chile/Argentina Korea/Japan France Poland/Czech Republic/Hungary Spain Dubai/Yemen Visits undertaken by ministers in the year ending 1 May 1997 President Russia 27–30 May China/Bahrain 30 August to 8 September Mexico/USA 12–18 October India 8–14 January Paris 24–26 January Mr. Nelson Sweden 6–7 May USA 3–6 June Singapore 8–11 July Canada 9–12 September Taiwan 22–26 September Oman 10–15 October Germany 23–25 October Zimbabwe 4–8 November Yemen 14–17 November Brazil/Argentina 24–29 November Hungary/Poland 16–17 January India 12–17 March Germany 13–14 April
Minister Country of visit Date Lord Fraser USA/Mexico 5–11 May Qatar 17–20 May Argentina/Brazil 12–19 June Czech Republic 10–12 July SE Asia 16–26 September Peru/Bolivia 4–8 October Turkey 21–23 October Azerbaijan 28–30 January Norway 5–9 February Qatar/Bahrain 25–27 February Australia 10–16 March Tunisia 14–15 April Mr. Ian Taylor Korea 28 September to 3 October India 22–29 October Mr. Page USA 1–9 September Mr. John Taylor Mauritius 21–28 November