§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list by year and by date for the last 10 years and for the current year to date the occasions when a Minister from his Department has visited(a) the headquarters of MI6 and (b) GCHQ, Cheltenham; and what were the subjects discussed on each occasion;
(2) when he next expects to make a visit to (a) the headquarters of MI6 and (b) GCHQ, Cheltenham.
§ Mr. HurdContacts with the agencies are close and frequent and Ministers visit periodically. I do not propose to provide full details of dates or subjects discussed or to give advance notice of such visits. I last visited the headquarters of GCHQ on 25 January 1991 and of SIS on 1 July 1993. The most recent FCO ministerial visit to GCHQ was by my right hon. and noble Friend the Baroness Chalker of Wallasey on 28 September 1993 and to SIS by my right hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on 21 October 1993.