§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many times Ministers in his Department met their counterparts in the United States Government between 1 January and 1 June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the Ministers involved on each occasion, and the names of the US counterparts at each meeting. [86290]
§ Dr. Jack CunninghamThere were no meetings between Cabinet Office Ministers and their US counterparts between 1 January and 1 June 1998.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his answer of 13 May 1999,Official Report, columns 201–02, on Ministerial meetings, if he will list the Departments and names of the senior officials whom the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster met in Washington between 21 and 24 June 1998. [86296]
§ Dr. Jack CunninghamThe programme for the visit to Washington on 21 to 24 June by my right hon. Friend then Chancellor of the Duchy included meetings with
Morley Winograd, senior policy adviser to Vice-President Gore; Bob Stone and John Kamensky, National Partnership for Reinventing Government. Comparison of public sector reform initiatives in the USA and UK;Bob Wenzel, Internal Revenue Service. IRS experience of electronic delivery of services;Stan Solloway, Diane Disney, Cindy Bogner, Bill Mounts from the Department of Defense. Defence Department experience of the "Reinventing Government" initiative;Nye Stevens, Director, Federal Workforce Management Issues, General Accounting Office. Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act;Congressman Steve Horn and Congresswoman Caroline Maloney. Congressional oversight of US Federal Government reform and Federal Government handling of the Year 2000 problem.In addition, my right hon. Friend chaired a seminar "Citizens and the State: Transatlantic Approaches to Governance", organised by the European Institute, Washington. This brought together Ministers and senior policy-makers from the European Union, the USA and the OECD.