§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the dates and subjects of meetings of the Council of Ministers that he or members of his ministerial team intend to attend over the coming year; and if he will specify which Minister will attend.
§ Mr. RifkindThe United Kingdom delegations to meetings of the various European Councils of Ministers represent all the interests within the Government. Decisions on whether a Scottish Minister should be included in delegations are taken in the light of the business when it is known and of the other commitments of the Minister concerned.
§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the dates and subjects of meetings of the Council of Ministers that he or members of his ministerial team have attended in the past 10 years; and if he will specify which Minister attended in each case.
§ Mr. RifkindThis information is provided in the table:
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Date Council Minister 5 May 1987 Fisheries Council Mr. John Mackay MP 29 September 1987 Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 14–15 December 1987 Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 29 February 1988 Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 19–20 October 1988 Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 28 November 1988 Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 9–11 December 1988 Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 12 June 1989 Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 7 December 1989 Informal Fisheries Council Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State 18–19 December 1989 Fisheries Council Rt. hon. Malcolm Rifkind QC, MP, Secretary of State for Scotland and Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Minister of State