§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list each of the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team since 2 May, specifying in each case(a) the participating Minister or Ministers, (b) the destination of the trip, (c) the purpose of the trip and (d) the cost of the trip; and if he will make a statement. [15232]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 11 November 1997]Details of the Ministerial trips and their associated costs made by my colleagues and myself and accompanying Departmental officials since 2 May are as follows
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(a) The participating Minister or Ministers (b)The destination of the trip (c) The purpose of the trip (d) The cost of the trip £ Minister of Transport Paris, France Attend meeting with French Minister concerning UK Presidency 1,409 Minister of Transport Vienna, Austria UN/ECE Conference on Transport and the Environment 3,823 Minister for the Environment Luxembourg Attend meeting of EU Environment Ministers 8,000 Minister for the Environment New York, USA Attend UNGASS (United National General Assembly Special Session) 7,302 Minister for the Environment Brussels, Belgium Meeting with MEPs 4,917 Minister for the Environment Luxembourg Attend meeting of EU Environment Ministers Minister for the Environment Luxembourg UK Presidency visit 4,929 Minister for the Environment Copenhagen, Denmark UK Presidency visit Minister for the Environment Oslo, Norway UK Presidency visit Minister for the Environment Washington, USA Attend Climate Change Meeting 11,755 Minister for the Environment Tokyo, Japan Attend Ministerial discussions in preparation for the Climate Change Convention 7,994 Minister for the Environment Rome, Italy UK Presidency visit 4,606 Minister for the Environment Dublin, Ireland UK Presidency visit Minister for the Environment Paris, France UK Presidency visit 5,250 Minister for the Environment Bonn, Germany UK Presidency visit Minister for the Environment Stockholm, Sweden UK Presidency visit Minister for the Environment Lisbon, Portugal UK Presidency visit 7,659 Minister for the Environment Madrid, Spain UK Presidency visit Minister for the Environment The Hague, Netherlands UK Presidency visit Minister for the Environment Vienna, Austria UK Presidency visit Minister for Local Government and Housing Denmark Attend meeting with Danish Housing and Construction Minister 1,774 Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning Noordwijk, Netherlands Planning Conference 1,045 Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning Brussels, Belgium Meeting with Commissioner Wulf-Mathies 1,311 Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning Limassol, Cyprus Planning Conference 4,965 Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning Rotterdam, Netherlands Regeneration Conference 802 Minister for London and Construction New York, Boston, and Washington, USA Factfinding trip on US mayoral systems 10,315 Minister for London and Construction Amsterdam, Netherlands EU Housing Ministers Meeting 632 Minister for London and Construction Jordan and Egypt Construction Trade Delegation to promote British trade overseas 5,529 Minister for London and Construction Cologne, Germany Factfinding trip on German Mayoral systems 768 Minister for London and Construction Madrid and Barcelona, Spain Factfinding trip on Spanish Mayoral systems 2,437 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Bilbao, Spain European Health and Safety Conference 1,767 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Bonn, Germany GLOBE EU Conference 1,401 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Florence, Italy International Conference on "Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances" 1,383