§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list all overseas visits made since 1 May 1997 on which he or any other Minister in his Department has been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code, indicating(a) who accompanied him (b) the cost to public funds of each such visit. [23261]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 15 January 1998]: There have been no overseas visits on which I or Ministers in my Department have been accompanied under rule 83 of the Ministerial Code.