HC Deb 26 February 2001 vol 363 cc385-6W
Sir Brian Mawhinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the Ministers in his Department who visited any of the constituencies which are in the Peterborough Unitary Authority area between 1 January 2000 and 14 February 2001, indicating in each case (a) the date of the visit, (b) the constituencies included in the visit and (c) if the local hon. Member met the Minister. [151023]

Mr. Wills

Two Ministers from the Department have visited constituencies in the Peterborough unitary authority between 1 January 2000 and 14 February 2001. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities visited North-West Cambridgeshire on 16 November 2000; she did not meet the local Member. My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Employment and Equal Opportunities visited the constituencies of Peterborough and North-West Cambridgeshire on 9 February 2001 and met my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Mrs. Brinton).

In accordance with departmental guidance, hon. Members are informed, in advance, of all ministerial visits to their constituencies.