HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 cc633-4W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the Ministers in his Department how many official ministerial visits they have undertaken since 1 January; and how many of these have been abroad. [9375]

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

My ministerial colleagues and I have made the following official ministerial visits:

Chancellor of the Exchequer

  • 29 December-12 January 1996: Argentina, Chile, Brazil
  • 19–20 January: Paris (G7)
  • 22 January: Brussels (ECOFIN)
  • 19 February: Aberdeen (Grand Committee)
  • 11 March: Brussels (ECOFIN)
  • 15–24 March: South Africa, Zimbabwe
  • 12–14 April: Verona (Informal ECOFIN)
  • 14–16 April Sofia (EBRD)
  • 20–23 April: Washington (IMF Spring Meetings)
  • 3 May: City of London (Trial of the Pyx)
  • 3 June: Luxembourg (ECOFIN)
  • 20–22 June: Florence (European Council)
  • 27–29 June: Lyon (G7 Summit)
  • 8 July Brussels (ECOFIN)
  • 15 July London (Inauguration of CREST)
  • 20–22 September: Dublin (Informal ECOFIN)
  • 24–26 September: Bermuda (Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Meeting)
  • 27 September-3 October: IMF Autumn Meetings
  • 14 October: Luxembourg (ECOFIN)
  • 7–8 November: Bordeaux (Anglo-French Summit)
  • 11 November: Brussels (ECOFIN)
  • 2 December: Brussels (ECOFIN)
  • 12 December: Dublin (ECOFIN)
  • 13–14 December: Dublin (European Council)

Chief Secretary

  • 29 January: Bank of England
  • 1 April: France (G7 Jobs Summit)
  • 20 May: GCHQ visit
  • 10 June: London Underground
  • 29 July: British Library visit
  • 3 September. Bank of England
  • 24 September: Bankside Power Station visit
  • 27 September: Italy (Pontignano conference)

Financial Secretary

  • 23 January: London (Inland Revenue office, Strand)
  • 15 April: Manchester (Castlefield Tax Office)
  • 22 April: Birmingham (Private Finance Initiative Roadshow event and Birmingham 5 Tax office)
  • 8 May: London (Adjudicator's Office, Haymarket)
  • 20 May: Wigan (Private Finance Initiative Roadshow)
  • 6 June: Leeds (Private Finance Initiative Roadshow and the Leeds Royal Armouries)
  • 25 June: Southampton (Private Finance Initiative Roadshow and a tax office)
  • 1 July: Telford (self assessment tax office)
  • 5 August: Manchester (tax office)
  • 12 September: Belfast (Private Finance Initiative Seminar)
  • 5 December: Newcastle (Private Finance Initiative Roadshow) and Longbenton (DSS office)
  • 6 December: Blackpool (Self Assessment Agents/Employer Programme workshop)

Economic Secretary,

  • 9 January: Edinburgh (Small Firms)
  • 7 February: Birmingham (Small Firms)
  • 20 February: Nottingham (Small Firms Conference)
  • 15 April: Canada (British Invisibles Speech: City Issues)
  • 29 April: Leeds (Small Firms)
  • 1 May: Brighton (Small Firms)
  • 3 May: Durham (Visit to National Savings)
  • 14 May: Basingstoke and Fleet (Small Firms)
  • 20 May: OECD (Paris)
  • 3 June: Norwich (Small Firms)
  • 13 June: Dublin (Small Firms)
  • 17 June: Crewe (Small Firms)
  • 19 June: Plymouth (Small Firms)
  • 10 July: Newport (Visit to ONS)
  • 24 July: Edinburgh (Scottish Life Assurance Conference)
  • 16 September: Canada
  • 5 October: China
  • 9 December: Edinburgh (Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce)

Exchequer Secretary 24 October: Publicity Event at Heathrow Airport

Paymaster General

  • 21 March: Brussels (Speech at CIPFA Conference)
  • 24 May: Greenock, Scotland (Opening Customs exhibition)
  • 1 July: Crawley (Paymaster Agency Presentation)

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