HC Deb 30 March 1994 vol 240 c774W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Leicester, Fast (Mr. Vaz), of 24 February,Official Report, column 389, if he will now set out the cost of accompanying officials on the 21 official visits made; and what was the nature of (a) the bilateral discussions, (b) the international conferences and (c) the EC meeting to which he refers.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The cost of officials accompanying my noble Friend, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, on her visits overseas during 1993 was approximately £116,000. In some instances the officials concerned have also been undertaking official duties in addition to providing support for the specific purposes of my noble Friend's visits; it is not possible to disaggregate the costings to reflect these occasions.

I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 14 July 1993, columns 499–504 for details of my noble Friend's visits from January to July 1993. Details of my noble Friend's visits between August and the end of December 1993 are as follows:

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

None. Her Majesty's Government are not party to the contract between Tenaga Nasional Berhad—TNB—and the United Kingdom consortium, Kerjaya Balfour Beatty Cementation.

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