§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when>(a) he, (b) other Ministers and (c) a member of the Royal Family last officially visited each of the British Overseas Territories. [44049]
§ Mr. BradshawThe Secretary of State has not visited any of the Overseas Territories. Visits to the Overseas Territories by other Foreign Office Ministers and by members of the Royal Family over the last two years were as follows:
Visits by Ministers Territory Visitor Date of visit Visits by Ministers Cayman Islands Baroness Scotland July/August 2000 Anguilla Baroness Scotland September 2000 British Virgin Islands Baroness Scotland September 2000 British Antarctic Territory Baroness Scotland January 2001 Falkland Islands John Battle February 2001 Gibraltar Peter Main September 2001 Montserrat Baroness Amos December 2001 Turks and Caicos Islands Baroness Amos December 2001 Visits by members of the Royal Family British Virgin Islands Duke of York March 2000 Montserrat Duke of York March 2000 Anguilla Duke of York March 2000 Turks and Caicos Islands Duke of York March 2000 Cayman Islands Duke of York March 2000 Bermuda Princess Royal April 2001 For visits prior to this I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, West (Mr. Battle) to my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) on 7 June 2000, Official Report, columns 293-94W.