§ Mr. FormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list (i) the number of visits made by officials in his Department during the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, (ii) the number of visits made by officials in his Department to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (iii) the number of nights spent by officials in his Department over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.
§ Mr. DorrellThere were two meetings excluding visits to Brussels and seven meetings of the Health Council and council working groups involving nine officials. Officials spent a total of 14 nights away from the United Kingdom.
Information on the number of other visits to EC countries by officials which may have involved discussions relating to EC business is not readily available.
§ Mr. FormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for himself, and for each of the Ministers at his Department, details of(a) the number of visits made in the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, (b) the number of visits made to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (c) the number of nights spent over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.
§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the EC ministerial Council meetings at which his Department has or will be represented during November and December.
§ Mr. DorrellMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State attended the Health Ministers Council on 11 November 1991 and met informally a number of MEPs on 27 November. This involved spending one night in Brussels on each occasion.
There were no other visits by Ministers to European Community or other countries on official business related to the European Community.