HC Deb 07 February 1994 vol 237 cc6-7W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost to public funds of his trip to Indonesia during the Christmas recess; and how many hours of official business he conducted while he was there.

Mr. Nelson

The cost of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's visit to the far east during the Christmas recess, with accompanying Treasury officials, was about £31,500. The Indonesian part of the trip involved four and a half days. During this time, my right hon. and learned Friend met the President of Indonesia, a number of senior Indonesian Ministers with responsibility for the economy, the Governor of the Bank of Indonesia and a range of Indonesian and expatriate business people. He also visited a British-funded railway project, together with BP's new polyethylene plant in western Java.

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