§ Mr. Lathamasked the Prime Minister whether she will list, with appropriate names and dates, all those Ministers, including herself, who have, during the period of office of the present Administration, visited (a) Israel, (b) Saudi Arabia, (c) other Gulf States, including Iraq, (d) Jordan, (e) Lebanon and (f) Syria; and what visits to Israel by Ministers are scheduled in the next three months.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information requested is as follows: 209W
Ministers and places visited Dates Prime Minister Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar 14–25 April 1981 Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Iraq 3–4 July 1979 Oman 9–17 January 1980 9–17 January and Saudi Arabia 25–27 August 1980 Secretary of State for Defence Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, United Arab 23 March-1 April Emirates, Bahrain 1981 Lord Privy Seal Jordan, Syria, Kuwait 1–8 February 1981 Secretary of State for Social Services 23 September-2 Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Qatar October 1980 14–19 November Saudi Arabia 1980 Secretary of State for Trade 23–28 November Saudi Arabia and Iraq 1979 Secretary of State for Energy Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq 4–11 January 1980 United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain 4–9 January 1981 Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Hurd) Syria 5–7 October 1979 Lebanon and Jordan 9–11 October 1979 10–13 December Israel 1979 18–24 January Bahrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates 1980 Saudi Arabia and Kuwait 6–13 March 1980 Iraq 15–17 July 1980 Jordan 17–19 July 1980 Saudi Arabia 25–26 July 1980 United Arab Emirates 5–7 January 1981 17–18 February Saudi Arabia 1981 17–20 February Muscat 1981 Bahrain 17 February 1981 Saudi Arabia 19–21 April 1981 United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar 21–24 April 1981 Minister of State for Defence (Lord Strathcona) 7–12 November Saudi Arabia and Qatar 1980 Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security (Dr. Vaughan) Kuwait 1–4 June 1980 Minister of State, Department of Trade (Mr. Parkinson) 11–14 October Iraq 1979 United Arab Emirates and Kuwait 11–18 April 1980 Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy (Mr. Lamont) Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, 27 September-10 Iraq, Oman and Bahrain October 1980 Under-Secretary of State, Department of Industry (Mr. Marshall) United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi 31 January-5 Arabia February 1981 Undersecretary of State, Department of Trade (Mr. Eyre) 23 March-1 April Oman, Bahrain 1980 Undersecretary of State, Department of Trade (Mr. Tebbit) Israel 4–9 June 1980 There are at present no firm scheduled visits by Ministers to Israel in the next three months.