§ The Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the visits made by each of the Ministers in his Department to events in the arts in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 1 November 1989]: The information on official visits to arts events is as follows:
Secretary of State
- Julius Caesar, Grand Opera House.
- Armada Exhibition, Ulster Museum.
- Don Giovanni, Grand Opera House.
Minister of State
- Spanish Armada Exhibition—Ulster Museum.
- Ulster Orchestra Concert—London.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State responsible for Health
- Ulster Society of Women Artists Annual Summer Exhibition—QUB Department of Architecture, 15 Chlorine Gardens.
- Save the Children Reception—Dolls House Exhibition—Ulster Folk Museum.
- Faust—Grand Opera House.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State responsible for the Environment
- Look Back in Anger.
- Jazz Concert—Cornmarket.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State responsible for Education
- Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts—Reception at Hillsborough Castle.
- Armada Exhibition—Ulster Museum.
- Young Farmers' Clubs Arts Festival, Ballymena.
- Performance of Peter Pan by Scottish Ballet—Grand Opera House, Belfast.
- "The Entertainers"—Little Theatre, Bangor.
- National Choral Competition—Whitla Hall.
- Opening Emigration Gallery and Ship—Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh.
- American Waterways Wind Orchestra Performance—Donegall Quay, Belfast.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State responsible for Economic Development
- National Portrait Gallery, London—private viewing.
- Tate Gallery, London—private viewing.
- Hayward Gallery, London—private viewing.
- Grand Opera House, Belfast.
- Tate Gallery, London—reception.
- Castleward Opera.
- British Museum.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State responsible for Agriculture 655W
- Spanish Armada Exhibition—Ulster Museum
- British Food and Farming Exhibition—Cultra Manor.
- Musical Evening.
- Cinema Visit.
- Queen's Film Theatre.