HC Deb 05 March 1975 vol 887 cc435-7W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in how many countries his office has arranged for lecture tours by British citizens since March 1974; if he will name the countries, the persons and the length of each tour; and if he will state the total cost to public funds.

Mr. Ennals

In the period 1st April 1974 to 31st March 1975 lecture tours by British citizens were arranged in 34 countries. Details are given below:

Australia Mr. S. Walker and Mr. J. Marks Oxford Union Debating Society 6 weeks.

Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand Lord Feather 4 weeks.

Austria Mr. J. Marsh, British Institute of Management 4 days. Lord Caradon, My hon. Friend the Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow (Dr. Mabon), The hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Sproat) to East-West Conference 3 days.

Austria and Berlin The Hon. Alistair Buchan 1 week.

Belgium Mr. T. Waldmeyer, Water Pollution Expert, DOE 2 days. Mr. P. A. Eddison, Deputy Director, School of Advanced Urban Studies, Bristol 2 days. Mr. E. Grebenik, Principal, Civil Service College 1 day.

Caribbean (Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados, Antigua, St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent) Sir Norman Skelhorn, Director of Public Prosecutions 5 weeks. Mr. A. C. Warman, Assistant (Crime) Home Office and Deputy Chief Constable of Kent 1 month.

Canada My hon. Friend the Member for Hornchurch (Mr. Williams) 2 weeks. Mr. Richard Douglas, former MP for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire 4 weeks.

France Professor Alan Harris, Imperial College 3 days. Mr. C. Adamson, Consumers Association 1 week.

Germany Mr. J. A. Likierman, Leeds University 2 days. Dr. Roger Morgan, Chatham House 3 days. Dr. Norman Perry, Social Science Research Council 3 days. Dr. M. Abrams, Social Science Research Council 3 days.

Ghana and Nigeria Mr. E. Tonkinson, Director, Institute of Personnel Management 1 week.

India Sir Denis Wright 1 month.

Iceland Dr. Geoffrey Marston, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 4 days.

Mexico Mr. D. A. H. Yates, St. Thomas' Hospital 1 week.

New Zealand Mr. J. Marsh, British Institute of Management 1 week.

Sudan, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon Mrs. Joan Robins, President, Home Economists of Britain 3 weeks.

Sweden Mr. Henry Bate, Vice-Chairman, Press Council 2 days. Mr. Noel S. Paul, Secretary, Press Council 2 days.

Syria Dr. Martin Chown, Standard Telecommunications Laboratories 1 week.

Yugoslavia Mr. A. Archer, Environmental Protection Officer, City of Birmingham 1 week.

United States of America The hon. Member for East Grinstead (Mr. Johnson Smith) 2 weeks. Mr. Alex Morrison, Chief Executive, Thames Water Authority 3 days. My hon. Friend the Member for Berwick and East Lothian (Mr. Mackintosh) 3 weeks. Mr. Frank Giles, The Sunday Times 16 days. Mr. J. M. Boyd, AUEW 2 weeks. Additionally, in 10 cases lectures were arranged by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as extensions to private lecture tours. These arrangements extended the total number of countries by one—Kenya. The total budgetary provision to cover all lecture tours for which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides speakers is £30,000.

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