HC Deb 24 October 1985 vol 84 cc246-7W
Mr. Nellist

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) on what occasions Ministers or officials of his Department have visited Pakistan since 1977;

(2) for what purposes Ministers or officials of his Department have visited Pakistan since 1979.

Mr. Eggar

In recent years Foreign and Commonwealth Ministers and officials have visited Pakistan on a number of occasions for the purpose of fostering various aspects of our bilateral relationships. Visits have been made by the then Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Carrington in March 1981; the then Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Hurd), in November 1982; the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, Pentlands (Mr. Rifkind), in January 1983; the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Baroness Young, in March 1984; the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Overseas Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Raison), in July 1984; and the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Renton), in January 1985. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible with details of visits prior to 1981.

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