§ Mrs. McKennaTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the occasions when Scottish Office Ministers have been members of Government delegations at meetings with(a) EU institutions and (b) EU member states' Governments. [34936]
§ Mr. MacdonaldDetails as from 1 May 1997 are in the table.
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Date Meeting Minister Council of Ministers May 20–21 Agriculture Council Lord Sewel June 26 Education Council Mr. Wilson October 16 Environment Council Lord Sewel October 20 Agriculture Council Lord Sewel October 30 Fisheries Council Lord Sewel November 20 Education Council Mr. Wilson December 9 Informal ESDP Council Mr. Chisholm December 18–19 Fisheries Council Lord Sewel Bilaterals with the European Commission June 1–2 Meetings with Commissioners Lord Sewel and Kinnock and Bonino Mr. Wilson
Date Meeting Minister June 24 Meeting with Commissioner Kinnock Mr. McLeish October 7 Meeting with Commissioner Fischler (Edinburgh) Lord Sewel October 8 Meetings with Commissioners Bonino, Kinnock and Wulf Mathies Secretary of State December 1 Meeting with Commissioner Flynn Secretary of State January 81 Commissioner Fischler Lord Sewel Commissioners Cresson and Flynn Mr. Wilson Commissioner Wulf Mathies Secretary of State Commissioner Kinnock Mr. McLeish Commissioner Gradin Mr. McLeish Commissioners Bonino and Flynn Mr. Galbraith Commissioner Bjerregard Lord Sewel Commissioner Wulf-Mathies Mr. Macdonald Commissioner Bonino Lord Sewel 1This series of meetings took place in London as the traditional beginning of Presidency meetings between the new Presidency and the full Commission. The Scottish Ministers accompanied other UK Ministers in these meetings.
University attendees (as at 6 March 1998) Grade Total staff Number at University percentage Number at Oxford and Cambridge percentage SCS 96 90 94 45 47 UG6 and equivalent 96 67 70 7 7 UG7 and equivalent 280 179 64 34 12 SEO and equivalent 537 353 66 21 4 HEO and equivalent 817 330 40 11 1 The Executive Agencies are a matter for their Chief Executives, and I have asked them to reply to my hon. Friend direct.
Letter from Dr. J. M. Rutter to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated 13 March 1998:
University attendees Grade Total Staff Number at University percentage Number at Oxford or Cambridge percentage SCS 3 3 100 0 0 UG6 and equivalent 3 2 67 0 0 UG7 and equivalent 27 19 70 2 7 SEO and equivalent 9 5 56 0 0 HEO and equivalent 10 2 20 0 0 Letter from Michael Finnigan to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated 13 March 1998:
The Minister has asked me to reply to your question about the estimated number and percentage of civil servants, within the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency (FRCA), who (a) attended university and (b) attended either Oxford or Cambridge University.
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VLA Total staff Number at University percentage Number at Oxford and Cambridge percentage SCS 3 3 100 1 33 UG6 and equivalent 10 7 70 0 0 UG7 and equivalent 112 85 76 9 8 SEO and equivalent 53 23 43 0 0 HEO and equivalent 85 29 34 0 0 In addition I have represented the UK Government at ESDP Bilaterals with Ministers from the following Member States: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Italy, France and Ireland.