§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the occasions on which he and Ministers in his Department have undertaken overseas visits in the cause of their ministerial duties since 28 January 1999, indicating the purpose and duration of each visit. [114458]
§ Mr. StrawThe information requested is given in the table.
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Minister Location Date of travel Date of return Purpose Lord Bassam Lille 19 August 1999 19 August 1999 Attending French launch of 'Show Racism the Red Card' campaign Home Secretary Turku, Finland 15 September 1999 17 September 1999 JHA Council (informal meeting) Barbara Roche Turku, Finland 15 September 1999 17 September 1999 JHA Council (informal meeting) Barbara Roche Warsaw, Poland 23 September 1999 23 September 1999 Meeting with Polish Minister of Interior Home Secretary Tampere, Finland 14 October 1999 16 October 1999 Special JHA Council meeting Paul Boateng Madrid 14 October 1999 15 October 1999 Meetings regarding volunteering and prison matters Barbara Roche Luxembourg 29 October 1999 29 October 1999 JHA Council Meeting Paul Boateng Paris 16 November 1999 17 November 1999 Attending Community Service Volunteering Conference Paul Boateng Utrecht, Holland 18 November 1999 19 November 1999 Visit to Centre for treating severely personality disorder individuals Home Secretary Brussels 2 December 1999 3 December 1999 JHA Council Meeting Home Secretary Brussels 2 December 1999 3 December 1999 JHA Council Meeting Barbara Roche Brussels 2 December 1999 3 December 1999 JHA Council Meeting Barbara Roche The Hague 20 January 2000 21 January 2000 Visit to The Netherlands. Minister Job Cohen—to see Dutch asylam Paul Boateng Stockholm 26 January 2000 26 January 2000 Stockholm International Conference on the Holocaust (accompanying Foreign Secretary) Home Secretary Lisbon 3 March 2000 4 March 2000 JHA Meeting