§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes have been made since the opening of the Scott inquiry in the criteria adopted by his Department in deciding whether to give substantive replies to parliamentary questions seeking details of arms or military equipment exports from the United Kingdom.
Date 1993 Destination Purpose Approximate cost£ January 5th to 9th Far East (Hong Kong) To visit British Forces and have official talks. 141,048 25th to 26th Belgium (Mons) Visit NATO Military Headquarters. 1,685 February 15th to 16th Norway To visit British Forces and have official talks. 4,462 25th to 26th Gibraltar To visit British Forces and to have official talks. 4,793 March 22nd to 24th Falkland Islands To visit British Forces. 1,813 29th Belgium (Brussels) NATO Ministerial meeting. 3,358 April 20th to 23rd United States of America (Washington) To represent Her Majesty's Government at opening of Holocaust Museum, and to have bilateral talks. 9,269 May 16th to 21st Far East (Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore) Bilaterals. 45,145 25th Belgium (Brussels) NATO Ministerial Meeting. 1,238 June/July No visits abroad August 2nd to 4th Bosnia/Croatia, Italy To visit British Forces in Bosnia and Croatia, and for bilateral talks in Croatia and Italy. 22,000 September 19th to 24th CIS (Russia and Ukraine) Bilaterals. 67,761 October 20th to 21st Germany (Travemunde) NATO Ministerial meeting. 10,711 22nd Germany (Bielefeld) To visit British Forces. 23rd to 24th Germany (Bonn) To participate in Bertelsmann Forum. 24th to 26th France Bilateral. November 21st to 22nd Austria (Vienna) Bilateral. 6,257 25th Germany (Bonn) Anglo-German Summit. 1,071 Note: Figures are based on the cost of the Royal Air Force and civil flights involved. Where RAF flights were used (in all cases except the visit to the United States of America in April and the vast majority of the Far East visit in May) the costs also include the flight costs of accompanying officials. Accommodation normally provided by Her Majesty's Ambassador or High Commissioner, other Government representative, or by host.