§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list visits abroad by her Department's Ministers since 18 November 1997. [29526]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 13 February 1998]: Since 18 November 1997, my Ministerial colleagues at the DTI and I have undertaken the following visits abroad.
President of the Board of Trade
- 17–22 November—India and Australia
- 10–21 January—China, Hong Kong and Pakistan
- 3–4 February—Paris
Minister for Trade
- 15–24 November—Quatar,UAE and Yemen
- 1–2 December—Barcelona and Madrid
- 7–11 December—Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary
- 12–13 December—Geneva
- 17–18 December—Paris and Rome
- 15–16 January—Prague
- 30 January—Hungary
- 2 February—Brussels
- 3–7 February—Zimbabwe
Minister for Science, Energy and Industry
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- 16–18 November—Angola
- 24 November—Geneva
- 5–7 December—Canada
- 8 December—Brussels
- 20 January—Bonn
- 3 February—Brussels
- 4 February—Madrid and Lisbon
- 8–9 February—Athens
- 11–13 February—Brussels
Minister of State
- 8 December—Bonn
- 15 December—Brussels
- 17 December—Strasbourg
- Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe
- 20–21 November—Frankfurt
- 26–27 November—Brussels
- 27–29 November—Italy
- 21 January—Brussels
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs
- 23–28 November—Washington and Boston, USA
- 14–16 December—Vienna, Austria
- 11–13 January—Maastricht and Amsterdam
- 1–3 February—Stockholm
- 11–12 February—Brussels
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry
- 17–18 November—Paris
- 30 November-1 December—Brussels
- 14 January—Stockholm
- 19 January—Brussels
- 7–11 February—Egypt