HC Deb 07 November 1989 vol 159 cc519-20W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will list the meetings of the European Ministers of Culture that(a) he and (b) his predecessor Ministers have attended to represent officially Her Majesty's Government since 1979.

Mr. Luce

[holding answer 6 November 1989]:

  1. (a) I have attended the following meetings as Minister for the Arts:
EC Ministers of Culture Brussels —20 December 1985
EC Ministers of Culture Amsterdam —13 June 1986
EC Ministers of Culture Brussels —12–14 November 1986
Council of Europe 5th Conference of European Culture Ministers, Sintra —15–17 September 1987
EC Ministers of Culture Copenhagen —10–11 December 1987
EC Ministers of Culture Brussels —27 May 1988
EC Ministers of Culture Athens —28–30 November 1988
EC Ministers of Culture Santiago de Compostela —30–31 March 1989
EC Ministers of Culture Brussels — 17–18 May 1989
EC Ministers of Culture Blois —2 November 1989
  1. (b) I regret that full information concerning my predecessors' attendances at the meetings concerned is not readily available.