HC Deb 22 June 1998 vol 314 cc380-1W
Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those officials from his Department who attended(a) the Berlin Air Show in May, (b) the Eurosatory arms fair in Paris in June and (c) the COPEX exhibition in Jordan in April, indicating the costs of their attendance and breaking down the other costs incurred by his Department in connection with these events. [44508]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The following FCO officials attended:

(a) The Berlin Air Show

  • Minister at the British Embassy, Bonn
  • First Secretary (Commercial), British Embassy Office, Berlin
  • Counsellor (Defence Supply), Bonn—MOD Secondee
  • Commercial Officer, British Embassy Office, Berlin

(b) The Eurosatory Arms Fair in Paris

  • HM Ambassador, Paris
  • First Secretary (Procurement)—MOD Secondee
  • Counsellor (Defence Supply), Bonn—MOD Secondee
  • Commercial Officer

(c) The COPEX Exhibition in Jordan

  • HM Ambassador, Amman
  • Commercial Secretary, DTI Secondee.

Officials visited the events for different lengths of time and to calculate the cost of their attendance and other costs incurred would involve disproportionate cost. The costs involved were minimal. The Minister at the British Embassy, Bonn, was a guest of the German Foreign Ministry.

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