HC Deb 24 July 1997 vol 298 c730W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what payment the Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs or his staff have received for his articles inTravel Weekly. [9879]

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

[holding answer 21 July 1997]: None. Prior to 1 May, payments were made to my researcher and these were declared in the Register of Members' Interests.

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what occasions the Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs met(a) Stelios Hasi-Ioannou and (b) other members of Easyjet management; what was the purpose of each meeting; and where they took place. [9818]

Mr. Griffiths

[holding answer 21 July 1997]: I am not aware of Stelios Hasi-Ioannou.

However, I have met Mr Haji-Iannou on four occasions. In 1996, when he spoke at the Association of British Travel Agents convention; and in 1997 on three occasions—at the British travel industry hall of fame dinner, at lunch with the president of ABTA and others, and socially with one of his management colleagues when I attended the Institute of Travel and Tourism conference in Athens.