HC Deb 28 November 1991 vol 199 cc578-9W
Mr. Forman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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 offical 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. Heseltine

During the past month only one Minister in my Department has made such a visit. It was not to Brussels and entailed one night away from the United Kingdom.