§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list all those occasions on which Ministers from Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland Offices have participated in overseas trade or goodwill missions on official business during(a) 1994–95, (b) 1995–96 and (c) in the programme for 1996–97. [29941]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 16 May 1996]: Ministers promote British business and British jobs at every available opportunity. The information requested is as follows:
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Minister Country Welsh Office 1994 Right hon. John Redwood Japan Mr. Gwilym Jones Australia/New Zealand/ France/Belgium Sir Wyn Roberts Spain/Sweden/Italy Rod Richards Saudi Arabia
Minister Country 1995 Right hon. William Hague Japan/Korea/Hong Kong/Spain Rod Richards Argentina/Dubai/United Arab Emirates Gwilym Jones Italy/Germany 1996 Right hon. William Hague USA Rod Richards Indonesia Gwilym Jones Luxembourg/Spain Scottish Office 1994 Right hon. Ian Lang USA/Belgium Allan Stewart Japan/Germany Lord James Douglas-Hamilton Finland Lord Fraser of Carmyllie USA/Greece Sir Hector Monro Norway/Canada/France 1995 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton Norway George Kynoch Taipei/Finland/USA/Spain The Earl of Lindsay Germany/Canada 1996 Right hon. Michael Forsyth USA/Canada The Earl of Lindsay France Northern Ireland Office 1994 Tim Smith Belgium/USA 1995 Baroness Denton Belgium/Canada/USA/Hong Kong/Japan/France/Italy/Singapore 1996 Baroness Denton Canada/Netherlands/France/USA/ Japan/Korea/Indonesia