Ministerial Visits (Hansard, 24 November 1975)

§ Mr. Onslow
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what foreign visits he and other Ministers in his Department have made since 1st March 1974.

§ Mr. Mason
Defence Ministers have made the following foreign visits:
1974
15th–19th April. Gibraltar, Malta.
19th–21st April. France.
23rd–26th April. Germany.
1st–3rd May. BAOR, Germany.
14th–24th May. Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand.
21st–22nd May. Bonn.
28th–30th May. Middle East, Mediterranean area.
26th May–5th June. Passage in ships on Beira Patrol.
1st–6th June. Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta.
6th–11th June. Berlin.
10th–12th June. Bergen.
13th–14th June. Brussels.
20th–25th July. Cyprus.
3rd–8th August. USA.
27th August–1st September. Hong Kong.
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10th September. BAOR, Germany.
21st September. Manching.
8th–11th December. Brussels.
1975
6th–9th January. BAOR, Germany.
5th–9th January. Cyprus.
31st January–4th February, Germany.
22nd–24th February. Norway.
24th–26th February. BAOR, Germany.
11th–13th March. Cyprus.
13th–16th March. Germany.
3rd–5th April. Naples.
5th–9th April. Romania.
8th–11th April. Gibraltar.
19th–28th April. Middle East.
9th May. Germany.
18th–22nd May. Canada.
21st–23rd May. Brussels.
27th–30th May. Mediterranean area.
7th–9th June. Passage in Ark Royal (Gibraltar to Portugal).
17th–21st June. USA.
24th–27th June. Vienna.
17th–18th July. BAOR, Germany.
1st–7th August. Canada, Belize.
4th–5th September. Germany.
21st–24th September. Exercises in Mediterranean.
9th–10th October. Berlin.
27th October–2nd November. Hong Kong, Diego Garcia.
4th–5th November. The Hague.
5th November. Berlin.
9th–12th November. Iran.
20th November. Holland.

§ Mr. Onslow
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what visits he and other Ministers in his Department have made to defence factories in the United Kingdom since 1st March 1974.

§ Mr. William Rodgers
Defence Ministers have visited the following royal ordnance factories and defence contractors:—
ROF Leeds.
ROF Blackburn.
ROF Enfield.
ROF Radway Green.
ROF Birtley.
Marconi Space and Defence Systems Ltd—Portsmouth.
Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd.—Barrow-in-Furness.
BAC (Guided Weapons Division)—Steven-age.
Hawker Siddeley Dynamics—Hatfield.
Kelvin Hughes—Hainault.
Vickers—Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
GEC-Marconi—Chelmsford.
Westlands Helicopters—Yeovil.
BAC (Military Aircraft Division)—Preston.
Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd.—Scotstoun.