§ Mr. DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list which Ministers in his Department have made overseas visits and to which countries since 1 May. [27820]
§ Mr. Fatchett[holding answer 5 February 1998]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central (Mr. Lloyd) gave the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) on 11 November 1997, Official Report, column 502. Visits by Ministers in this Department since then are listed in the following table:
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Date Country Purpose Mr. T. Lloyd MP 12–14 November 1997 Sweden Conference on European arms export controls 17-November 1997 Germany WEU 23 November 1997 to 2 December 1997 USA Mexico Bilateral United Nations business 17–19 December 1997 Denmark OSCE Summit 5–11 January 1998 South Africa, Zimbabwe Bilateral 2–5 February 1998 Macedonia, Albania Bilateral
Date Country Purpose Mr. D. Henderson MP 9–10 November 1997 Belgium General Affairs Council 24 November 1997 Belgium General Affairs Council 7–8 December 1997 Belgium General Affairs Council 12–13 December 1997 Luxembourg European Council 15–16 December 1997 Austria, Slovakia Bilateral 14 January 1998 France EP Plenary 16 January 1998 Netherlands Clingendael Conference Mr. D. Fatchett MP 11–13 November 1997 Azerbaijan Bilateral 15–21 November 1997 Japan, Korea Bilateral 26–27 November 1997 USA To discuss Middle East issues 9 December 1997 France To discuss Middle East issues 13–16 January 1998 Israel, Occupied Territories Bilateral 19–20 January 1998 Algeria EU Troika Mission Baroness Symons 6–9 January 1998 Pakistan Bilateral