HC Deb 01 March 1999 vol 326 c542W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what awards ceremonies he has attended since becoming Secretary of State. [72708]

Mr. Chris Smith

[holding answer 24 February 1999]I have attended the following awards ceremonies:

1997

  • Annual Sony Radio Awards Presentation and Dinner on 12 May 1997
  • Hotel of the Year Awards on 10 September 1997
  • Grand Final of the World Piano Competition on 7 October 1997
  • 1997 Mental Health Media Awards on 8 October 1997
  • Booker Prize for Fiction o 14 October 1997
  • The Gramophone Awards 1997 on 27 October 1997
  • Prudential Awards for the Arts on 30 October 1997
  • Museum of the Year Awards on 10 November 1997
  • Musicians of Black Origin Awards on 10 November 1997
  • Ambassadors for London Awards on 13 November 1997
  • The 1997 Stirling Prize for Architecture on 20 November 1997
  • ABSA Pairing Scheme Reception on 24 November 1997
  • Highland Park/Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards on 26 November 1997
  • Reception to present the Mike Rhodes and Pink Paper Awards on 27 November 1997
  • Dinner for the 1997 Turner Prize on 2 December 1997
  • The ABSA Goodman and Garrett Awards on 15 December 1997

1998

  • Presentation of Designation Award on 21 January 1998
  • Whitbread Book of the Year Awards on 27 January 1998
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards on 1 February 1998
  • BRIT Awards, Docklands Arena on 9 February 1998
  • Variety Club Business Awards on 10 February 1998
  • The Laurence Olivier Awards on 16 February 1998
  • London Press Club Annual Press Awards on 24 February 1998
  • Perrier Young Jazz Awards 1998 on 24 February 1998
  • Arts Council Writers' Award on 10 June 1998
  • 1998 Nat West Art Prize on 16 June 1998
  • ABSA Pairing Scheme Reception on 25 June 1998
  • Designation Certificate for Harewood House, Leeds on 8 September 1998
  • Opening of the Jerwood Space and award of the 5th Jerwood Painting Prize on 21 September 1998
  • ABSA Pairing Scheme Reception on 28 October 1998
  • Fourth Annual British Diversity Awards on 6 November 1998
  • IBBY Conference and Announce the Children's Laureate Award on 14 November 1998
  • The Turner Prize 1998 dinner on 1 December 1998

1999

  • 1998 Charter Mark Awards on 26 January 1999
  • Whitbread Book of the Year Presentation Dinner on 26 January 1999
  • BFI Fellowship Award for Sir John Paul Getty on 29 January 1999
  • Hunting Art Prizes 1999 on 3 February 1999
  • Laurence Olivier Awards on 12 February 1999
  • BRIT Awards on 16 February 1999
  • ABSA Pairing Scheme Reception on 24 February 1999