HC Deb 11 February 1998 vol 306 cc208-9W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the cost of Ministerial overseas travel in his Department in(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97 and (c) 1997–98 to date. [26680]

Mr. Straw

[holding answer 5 February 1998]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham, (Mr. MacShane) on 9 February 1998, Official Report, columns 16–17.