HC Deb 10 December 1998 vol 322 cc260-1W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Mr. Maples) of 7 December 1998,Official Report, columns 70–71, for what reasons the Minister of State was required to return from Liverpool to London for an urgent meeting. [63308]

Mr. Mandelson

The Minister of State was required to attend an unscheduled meeting with the Prime Minister and the then President of the Board of Trade.

Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the occasions since 1 May 1997 on which Ministers in his Department have taken flights in chartered private aircraft; what were the relevant origins and destinations; what was the cost to public funds on each occasion; and what were the reasons such a mode of travel was authorised. [63336]

Mr. Mandelson

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Mr. Maples) on 19 November 1998,Official Report, columns 889–90.