§ Mr. Peter BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what official engagements ministers fulfilled in Belize between 1990 and 1999. [101739]
§ Mr. BattleI can answer only for the period since May 1997.
Since May 1997, the only FCO Minister to have visited Belize is the then Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central (Mr. Lloyd), who visited Belize in February 1998. His programme included official calls on the then Prime Minister, Mr. Manuel Esquivel, the then Foreign Minister, Mr. Dean Barrow, and the then Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Said Musa. My hon. Friend also called on the Department of Corrections, the Youth Enhancement Academy and Hattieville Prison.