§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list by country the ministerial visits made to Latin America by his Government in(a) 1995 and (b) 1996. [14854]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 7 February 1997]: Visits made by Ministers to Latin America were as follows:
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Month Country Minister 1995 January Brazil Secretary of State for Employment (Mr. Portillo) February Brazil Panama Colombia Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Davis) March Uruguay Baroness Trumpington May Argentina Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office(Mr. Richards) Brazil Mexico Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Mr. Hunt) Peru Colombia Minister of Trade (Mr. Needham) July Argentina Baroness Trumpington Peru Minister of Defence (Earl Howe) September Mexico Minister of State, Department for National Heritage (Lord Inglewood) Mexico Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Sir Nicholas Bonsor) Peru Argentina Brazil Chile Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr Gummer) Venezuela Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser) Argentina Brazil Minister of State for Education(Lord Henley) Cuba Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry (Mr. Taylor) November Peru Colombia Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Sir Nicholas Bonsor) Colombia Minister of Health (Mr. Sackville)
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Month Country Minister 1996 January Argentina Brazil Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Clarke) Guatemala Lord Chesham February Brazil Chile Mexico Minister for Trade (Mr. Nelson) March Colombia Venezuela Minister of Trade at the Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser) Brazil Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. Gummer) April Mexico Bilivia Brazil Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Rifkind) May Peru Chile The Lord Chancellor Mexico Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser) Venezuela Guatemala Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Sir Nicholas Bonsor) June Chile Colombia Secretary of State for Education (Mrs. Shephard) Argentina Brazil Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser) Belize Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Sir Nicholas Bonsor) August Ecuador Brazil Uruguay Paraguay Lord President of the Council (Mr. Newton) September Argentina Brazil Mexico Peru Minister of State for Agriculture (Mr. Baldry) Colombia Costa Rica Bolivia Peru Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. Gummer) Cuba Minister of State at the Home Office (Mr. Sackville) Brazil Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Mr. Arbuthnot) Mexico Minister of State at the Department for Education and Employment (Lord Henley) October Mexico President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Lang) November Argentina Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. Gummer) Argentina Brazil Minister for Trade (Mr. Nelson) Bolivia Peru Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser)
Month Country Minister December Chile Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Portillo) Guatemala Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Sir Nicholas Bonsor)