HC Deb 03 February 1998 vol 305 cc608-9W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 20 January 1998, Official Report, column 473, if she will publish the programme of Lady Clinton-Davis when she accompanied her husband to Korea and Japan at public expense. [25597]

Mrs. Beckett

[holding answer 26 January 1998]: Lady Clinton-Davis accompanied the Minister for Trade on a number of engagements in his own programme and in addition undertook a number of separate official engagements.

Mr. Wilshire

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 20 January 1998,Official Report, 1998 column 473, if she will publish the programmes of her husband when he accompanied her to (a) India and Australia and (b) China, Hong Kong and Pakistan at public expense. [25596]

Mrs. Beckett

[holding answer 26 January 1998]: Along with a British business delegation in India, China and Pakistan, Mr. Beckett accompanied me on my own programme, except for a small number of meetings with overseas Ministers where matters were discussed in confidence.