§ Mr. LathamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list the ministerial visits which have taken place in the last two years involving United Kingdom ministers visiting Israel and Israeli ministers visiting the United Kingdom; what further visits are planned over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 29 November 1989]: I can only answer for visits to or by Ministers of my Department. In the last two years the following Israeli Ministers have visited the Department of Trade and Industry: Mr. Moshe Shahal, Minister for Energy; Mr. Ariel Sharon, Minister of Industry and Trade; Mr. Gad Ya'acobi, Minister of Communications.
No DTI Ministers visited Israel in that period, and no inward or outward ministerial visits are currently planned. DTI officials are expected to go to Israel in 1990 for the United Kingdom-Israel joint committee on bilateral trade.