§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Prime Minister if she will list those countries to which she has paid an official visit in each of the last 11 years, indicating in each case whether the visit was followed by an oral statement to the House.
§ The Prime MinisterI have paid an official visit to the following countries in the past 11 years:
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Country 1979 June France June–July Australia October Italy, Luxembourg, West Germany December United States 1980 May Yugoslavia September France, Greece, Yugoslavia November Italy, West Germany December Irish Republic 1981 February Netherlands, United States April India, Saudi Arabia September Bahrain, Kuwait October United Arab Emirate, Oman, Qatar, Pakistan, Mexico November West Germany 1982 July Italy September China, Hong Kong India, Japan October West Germany November France 1983 January Falkland Islands September Netherlands, Canada, United States November West Germany, India December Greece (twice) 1984 January France, Italy February Hungary, Soviet Union March Belgium April Portugal May France June France November India, France December Irish Republic, China, Hong Kong, United States 1985 February United States March Soviet Union, Belgium April Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Saudi Arabia May West Germany June Italy July United States
Country September Egypt, Jordan October Bahamas, United States November Belgium December Luxembourg 1986 January France March Italy May South Korea, Japan, Israel June Netherlands July Canada September Norway, West Germany November United States, France December France 1987 March Soviet Union June Italy, Belgium July United States, Jamaica, France September West Germany October Canada November France December Denmark 1988 January Kenya, Nigeria February Belgium (twice) April Turkey June France, Canada, West Germany August Bahrain, Oman, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, UAE (stopover) October Italy November Poland, United States, France 1989 Februrary West Germany, France March Morocco, Nigeria (stopover), Zimbabwe, Malawi April West Germany, Namibia May Luxembourg, Belgium June Spain July France September Japan, Soviet Union October Malaysia, Qatar (stopover) November United States, France December Belgium, France 1990 January France April Bermuda, Turkey, Irish Republic June Soviet Union Oral statements to the House are made whenever appropriate.