§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 4 February 1998,Official Report, column 660, on ministerial travel, for what reason he returned to London on 21 July by helicopter; where his ministerial car was on that day; and what was the cost of the flight. [29608]
§ Mr. Robin Cook[holding answer 17 February 1998]: I returned to London by helicopter because my engagement at Highgrove finished at 1500 and my first appointment in London was at 1700 with the Defence Secretary: the journey by car could not have been completed in less than three hours.
My Ministerial car took me to Highgrove that morning and collected me from Battersea Heliport on my return from Highgrove. The cost of the flight was £1,209.