HC Deb 26 February 2001 vol 363 c457W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the(a) cost to public funds and (b) purpose was of Lord Levy's visit to the Middle East in January. [146518]

Mr. Wilson

[holding answer 26 February 2001]: I refer to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member far Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 5 February 2001, Official Report, column 390W.

Mr. Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries visited by Lord Levy on behalf of Her Majesty's Government, and the purposes of each visit together with the cost to public funds in each case. [148308]

Mr. Wilson

I refer to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 5 February 2001,Official Report, columns 390–91W, and to the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) on 20 December 2000, Official Report, column 236W.

Lord Levy also visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority as the Prime Minister's personal envoy on 21–23 February, to exchange views with leaders on regional issues.