HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 cc416-7W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many overseas visits he and each of his Ministers have made between 1 January and 30 June; during how many he, or each of his Ministers, participated in fundraising activities for the Conservative party; and if he will name the Ministers and the countries in which these activities took place.

Dr. Mawhinney

The Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr. Freeman), my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (Mr. Key), my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Norris) and my noble Friend Lord MacKay have made 18 visits abroad on departmental business to-date this year. Details of all visits are as followsJohn MacGregor OBE MP, Secretary of State for Transport Sunday 6 February-Tuesday 8 February: Visit to Informal Council meeting in Athens, Greece. Wednesday 9 March: Trilateral, German-French-British meeting in Dresden, Germany. Monday 14 March-Wednesday 16 March: Second Pan-European Conference in Crete, Greece. Sunday 17 April-Monday 18 April: EC Transport Council meeting in Luxembourg. Friday 6 May: Official opening of the Channel Tunnel, Calais, France. Thursday 26 May-Saturday 28 May: European Conference of Ministers of Transport in Annecy, France. Thursday 9 June-Friday 10 June: European Civil Aviation Conference meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Monday 13 June-Tuesday 14 June: EC Transport Council, Luxembourg. The Right Hon. Roger Freeman MP, Minister, for Public Transport Friday 7 January: Visiting international stations in Lille, France. Friday 6 May: Official opening of Channel Tunnel in Calais, France. Robert Key MP, Minister for Roads and Traffic Monday 6 June-Wednesday 8 June: Italy. Steven Norris MP, Minister pr Transport in London Mr. Norris visited Cyprus in his capacity as a Constituency MP. The trip was not funded by public monies. Friday 6 May: Official opening of the Channel Tunnel, Calais, France. Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish, Minister for Aviation and Shipping

  • Wednesday 26 January: Paris.
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  • Sunday 13 February-Friday 18 February: Israel.
  • Wednesday 23 March: Brussels.
  • Tuesday 3 May: Le Havre.
  • Tuesday 7 June-Thursday 9 June: Athens.
  • Wednesday 22 June: Calais.

Fund-raising activities for the Conservative party are not part of our official duties.