§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the visits made to Hong Kong by Government Ministers since June 1987 giving the date and purpose of the visit in each case.
§ The Prime MinisterThe following Government Ministers visited Hong. Kong since June 1987 on Government business
Ministerial Visits to Hong Kong1987 (from June):Lord Glenarthur, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in September.1988:Sir Geoffrey Howe, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in May; Lord Glenarthur, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in February and June; Mr. Chris Patten, Minister for Overseas Development, in September; Lord Young, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in June; Mr. Cecil Parkinson, Secretary of State for Energy, in June; Mr. George Younger, Secretary of State for Defence, in March; Mr. Archie Hamilton, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, in March; Mr. Ian Stewart, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, in January; Mr. Peter Morrison, Minister of State for Energy, in 504W September; Mr. Wyn Roberts, Minister of State, Welsh Office, in September; Mr. John Macgregor, Minister for Agriculture, in September; Mr. Paul Channon, Secretary of State for Transport, in November; Mr. Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for the Environment, in December; Mr. Francis Maude, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in September.1989:Lord Mackay, Lord Chancellor, in December; Sir Geoffrey Howe, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in July; Lord Young, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in April; Lord Glenarthur, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in January; and his successor, Mr. Francis Maude, in September; Mr. Peter Viggers, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Industry, in November; and Mr. Richard Needham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in December.1990:Mr. Douglas Hurd, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in January; Mr. Michael Howard, Secretary of State for Employment, in September; Mr. Francis Maude, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in April and July; and his successor, Lord Caithness, in September; Mr. Tim Sainsbury, Minister for Trade and Mr. David Mellor, Minister for the Arts, in September; Mr. Peter Lloyd, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office, in March and Mr. John Maples, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, in November.1991:I visited in September; Mr. Douglas Hurd, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in April and September; Mr. Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for the Environment, in September; Mr. Tom King, Secretary of State for Defence, in September; Mr. John Wakeham, Secretary of State for Energy, in November; Mr. John Gummer, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in October; and Lord Caithness, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in January, July and December.