HC Deb 22 October 1998 vol 317 c1200W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the overseas visits between 1 July and 19 October on which Ministers have been accompanied by special advisers and for each trip(a) the name of the adviser, (b) the class and cost of travel booked for the adviser, (c) the class of travel actually used by the adviser and (d) the accommodation and ancillary cost for the adviser. [56007]

Mr. Gordon Brown

I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Mr. Forth) on 24 July 1998,Official Report, column 750, and the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr. Wilshire) on 31 July 1998, Official Report, columns 663–64. Special advisers, along with other departmental officials, have accompanied Ministers to meetings of European finance ministers and to international meetings including the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Meeting and the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings.