§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer of 22 March 1999,Official Report, columns 19-21, how many times Ministers in his Department met their counterparts in the US Administration between 1 January 1998 and 1 June 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the Ministers involved and the name of the US counterpart. [80822]
§ Mr. Chris SmithUnder the US political system, there are no exact counterparts for DCMS Ministers. However, between the period 1 January to 1 June 1998 neither myself nor any of my Ministers met the equivalents of their counterparts in the US administration.