HC Deb 18 June 1996 vol 279 cc448-9W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the cost of Government funding of the recent business delegation to Rangoon [32357]

Mr. Nelson

The DTI provided £23,000 towards the cost of funding the recent business delegation to Rangoon, in the form of £1,000 grants given to eligible UK companies that participated in the Asia Pacific advisory group trade mission.

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the cost of mounting the "Burma—the Next Tiger?" conference in London. [32356]

Mr. Nelson

After deducting the income derived from attendance charges, the total cost to DTI of mounting the trade awareness seminar—"Burma—the Next Tiger" on 5 December 1995 was around £4,500.