§ Mr. Martenasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the dates, places and purposes of all official visits overseas by Ministers in his Department which are already fixed, and in prospect, respectively.
§ Mr. JayI hope to visit India and Pakistan in April; to take part in the next E.F.T.A. Ministerial Meeting in Vienna on 24th and 25th May; to attend the British weeks in Amsterdam in May and in Milan in October; and to visit Tokyo for the British Exhibition in September. My hon. Friend the Minister of State (Overseas) hopes to address a meeting of the British Chambers of Commerce in Europe on 14th April in Brussels, and to visit the Hanover Fair from 30th April to 2nd May. My hon. Friend the Minister of State (Home) has been invited to visit the Milan International Samples Fair, to be held between 14th and 25th April. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Secretary hopes to visit the International Textile Fair in Frankfurt between 25th and 28th May. My hon. Friends and I have in mind to make other overseas visits during the coming months, but our plans are as yet tentative.