§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [15216]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThe information is in the following table:
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Date Venue Purpose of visit Total cost £ May 71 Germany, France Bilateral 5,550 12–13 France WEU Ministerial 5,480 18–20 USA, Netherlands1 Bilateral 33,040 23 Netherlands Special European Council 7,638 June 2 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 19,692 Council 19,692 Italy Bilateral 5–61 Sweden European Socialist Meeting 4,669 16–171 Netherlands European Council 11,347 20–22 USA (Denver and G7 Summit and UN 22–23 New York) Special Session on 128,312 Environment 15,750 27–1 July2 Hong Kong Handover 89,777 July 7–9 Spain NATO Summit 34,443 13–15 Russian Federation Bilateral 34,017 221 Belgium General Affairs Council/ Inter—Governmental Conference 3,717 27–29 Bosnia, Croatia Bilateral 18,172 August 26–1 September Indonesia, Bilateral Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore 191,241 September 9 Germany Bilateral 7,313 14–151 Belgium General Affairs Council 7,486 21–261 USA United Nations General Assembly 102,609 October 6–9 Pakistan In attendance upon 12–15 India Her Majesty The Queen 16,206 November 3 Ireland Bilateral 4,796 9–10 Belgium General Affairs 7,500 1 Accompanied by Mr. D. Henderson MP. 2 Accompanied by Mr. D. Fatchett MP. FCO Ministers undertook the following overseas visits during the same period:
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Date Venue Purpose of visit Total cost £ (i) Mr. T Lloyd MP May 8 Netherlands Chemical Weapon Convention Conference 758 26–27 France OECD Ministerial Meeting 1,009 June 23–25 South Africa, Uganda, Kenya Bilateral 11,806 July 21–22 USA Bilateral 8,251 August 3–6 Democratic Republic EU Troika Visit of Congo 7,650 September 10–11 France Council of Europe 1,993 14–24 Colombia/Brazil Bilateral 5,842 28–31 FRY Bosnia Bilateral 9,454 (ii) Mr. D. Henderson MP May 5–6 Belgium Inter—Governmental Conference 1,712.03 16 Netherlands Informal Personal Representatives Meeting 2,044.42 26–28 Belgium Informal Personal Reps Meeting 887.21 June 11–12 Spain Bilateral 2,245 20–21 Ireland Bilateral 254 26 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 4,404 July 15–16 France European Parliament Plenary 1,060 August 5–8 Greece Bilateral 1,950 October 1–2 Netherlands Bilateral 842 6 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 4,632 7–8 Gibraltar Bilateral 2,144 13–15 Turkey, Istanbul Bilateral 1,736 20–22 Slovenia, Romania, Bilateral Bulgaria 8,339 25–26 Luxembourg Informal Foreign Minister's Weekend 2.022 31–2 Italy Bilateral 1,380 November 3 Estonia, Lithuania, Bilateral Latvia, Finland 7,444 (iii) Mr. D. Fatchett MP May 25–29 Syria, Lebanon, Jordon, Israel, Palestine Bilateral 6,521
Date Venue Purpose of visit Total cost £ June 7–15 India, Pakistan Bilateral 11,148 21–26 Kuwait, UAE, Oman Bilateral 9,382 July 22 Belgium Bilateral 621 26–30 Malaysia, Brunei EU/ASEAN Meeting 11,690 September 2 Luxembourg EU/India Troika Meeting 787 12–22 Australia, New Bilateral Zealand, Cook Islands, USA 22,870 (iv) Baroness Symons June 14–19 Trinidad and Bilateral Tobago, Montserrat, USA 8,138 29–1 July Montserrat Bilateral 10,652 September 16–18 USA Bilateral 5,077 22–26 India Bilateral 8,865 October 6–10 Canada Bilateral 3,000