§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which(a) museums, (b) theatres, (c) art galleries and (d) sporting events (i) she and (ii) other Ministers in her Department have visited in an official capacity since 8 June; and what was the (1) purpose and (2) date of each visit. [21377]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer 6 December 2001]: The information requested is shown in the following table. Visits to such events allow Ministers to see developments in their sector at first hand and demonstrate our support for such projects and initiatives. These are, of course, in addition to visits made in a private capacity or for party reasons.
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Date Minister Event Event type 31 July 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Tour of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Museum 31 July 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Launch of "Priestley—Making Time and Space for Theatre" at Criterion Theatre Theatre 31 July 2001 Minister of State for the Arts BBC Proms 14 at the Royal Albert Hall Theatre 1 August 2001 Minister of State for the Arts "The Shape of Things" at the Almeida Theatre, Kings Cross Theatre 3–7 August 2001 Minister of State for Sport World Athletics Championships Sporting Event 7 August 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to Howard Hodgkin Exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery Art Gallery 8 August 2001 Secretary of State "The Winter's Tale" at Royal National Theatre Theatre 9 August 2001 Secretary of State "Twelfth Night" at Royal Shakespeare Theatre Theatre 15 August 2001 Secretary of State Howard Hodgkin Exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery Art Gallery 16 August 2001 Secretary of State BBC Proms—Beethoven Fidelio at Royal Albert Hall Theatre 19 August 2001 Secretary of State BBC Proms—Dvorak Cello Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall Theatre 28 August 2001 Secretary of State "Hamlet" at Young Vic Theatre 28 August 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Theatre's Kids Week—Playhouse Theatre Theatre 28 August 2001 Minister of State for the Arts "The Tragedy of Hamlet" at the Young Vic Theatre 29 August 2001 Minister of State for Sport British Amputee Open Golf Championships 2001 Sporting Event 1 September 2001 Minister of State for Sport Germany v England World Cup Qualifier Sporting Event 5 September 2001 Minister of State for Sport England v Albania World Cup Qualifier Sporting Event 5 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts "Swan Lake" at Sadler's Wells Theatre 9 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Tour of the exhibition at Jewish Museum, Berlin Museum 9 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Philharmonic Hall, Berlin-Tiergarten Theatre 10 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Tour of Volksbuhne Theatre, Berlin Theatre 11 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts "All My Sons" at the Lyttelton Theatre Theatre 12 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Jerwood Applied Arts Prize at Crafts Council Gallery Art Gallery 13 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of Julian Stair Exhibition at Contemporary Applied Arts Art Gallery 14 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts BBC Proms 72, at the Royal Albert Hall Theatre 15 September 2001 Secretary of State Last Night of the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall Theatre 15 September 2001 Minister of State for Sport St. Leger Horserace Sporting Event 18 September 2001 Minister of State for Sport Stockport County v Sheffield United Sporting Event 19 September 2001 Secretary of State Rembrandt's Women at Royal Academy of Arts Art Gallery 25 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of new Collections Centre, Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Museum 25 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to the People's History Museum (part of the National Museum of Labour History) Museum 28 September 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to the Rose Theatre excavation exhibition site Theatre 4 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of the Japan 2001 "Facts of Life" exhibition at the Hayward Gallery Art Gallery 5 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts "Rigoletto" at the Royal Opera House Theatre 6 October 2001 Minister of State for Sport England v Greece Word Cup Qualifier Sporting Event 8 October 2001 Secretary of State Opening of Robin Howard Dance Theatre Theatre 8 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of the Paul Robeson Exhibition at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden Museum 9 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts "Leonore" at Sadler's Wells Theatre 10 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Tour of Crafts Council Art Gallery 10 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of Exhibition of early Indian photography at Brunei Gallery, London School of Oriental and African Studies Art Gallery 12 October 2001 Secretary of State "Leonore" at Sadler's Wells Theatre Theatre 13 October 2001 Secretary of State "Julius Caesar" at Royal Shakespeare Theatre Theatre 13 October 2001 Secretary of State Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court Exhibition at National Gallery Art Gallery 16 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of the "Radical Fashion" Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum Museum 17 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Design Conference at Imperial War Museum Museum 17 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of "Art on The Line" Exhibition at Courtauld Institute Gallery Art Gallery 22 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to "The Dig" project at the Museum of London. Museum 23 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court Exhibition at the National Gallery Art Gallery 24 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to the Conservation Centre at National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Museum 25 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to the Science Museum Museum 25 October 2001 Secretary of State Exposed: The Victorian Nude Exhibition at Tate Britain Art Gallery 25 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Preview of Linbury Galleries at Tate Britain and the inaugural exhibition `Exposed: The Victorian Nude' Art Gallery 30 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Paris/Barcelone: de Gaudi a Miro Exhibition at Grand Palais, Paris Art Gallery 31 October 2001 Secretary of State Opening of London Transport Museum Learning Centre Museum 1 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to ENO London Colliseum Theatre 4 November 2001 Minister of State for Sport BT Swimming National Short Course Championships 2001 Sporting Event 5 November 2001 Secretary of State Music for Youth Schools Prom at Royal Albert Hall Theatre 7 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Schools Prom, Royal Albert Hall Theatre 8 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Concert at the Royal College of Music Theatre 9 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Linbury Biennial Prizes for Stage Design at National Theatre Theatre
Date Minister Event Event type 10 November 2001 Minister of State for Sport England v Sweden Sporting Event 13 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to Wakefield Museum Museum 13 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to Magna Centre Museum 13 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts "Boy Gets Girl" at the Royal Court Theatre Theatre 15 November 2001 Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting National Film Theatre Theatre 16 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Tour of Millennium Point Museum 19 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Opening of British Galleries 1500–1900 at Victoria and Albert Museum Museum 20 November 2001 Secretary of State Opening of British Galleries 1500–1900 at Victoria and AlbertMuseum Museum 22 November 2001 Secretary of State "Switzerland Lights Up Tate Modern" at Tate Modern Art Gallery 25 November 2001 Secretary of State Shakespeare Schools Drama Festival Showcase at Duke of York's Theatre Theatre 26 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Tour of the British Museum Museum 30 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Visit to the National Gallery Art Gallery 5 December 2001 Minister of State for Sport West Ham United v Aston Villa Sporting Event