Ministerial Visits

HC Deb 06 April 1998 vol 310 cc33-4W

Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which piers he has visited in the North West of England since May 1997. [37280]

Mr. Tom Clarke

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not yet visited a pier in the North West.

Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which theatres he has visited in the North West of England since May 1997. [37281]

Mr. Fisher

As Minister for the Arts, I have made several visits to the region—most recently meeting the Artistic and Administrative Directors of the Octagon Theatre in Bolton on 18 March. In February I was a guest of Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and I had the pleasure of speaking at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards in December 1997.