HC Deb 25 March 1999 vol 328 cc357-8W
Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the last occasion on which a Government Minister led a trade delegation to(a) South Africa, (b) Sri Lanka, (c) Thailand and (d) Uganda; and what future trade delegations are planned. [76559]

Mr. Wilson

(a) My hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Mrs. Roche), when Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for Small Firms, led an investment mission to South Africa in July 1998. There are no planned Ministerial-led trade delegations.

(b) The then Minister for Trade led a trade delegation to Sri Lanka in February 1995. There are no planned Ministerial-led trade delegations.

(c) The Minister for Education, Scottish Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Mrs. Liddell), when Economic Secretary to the Treasury, led a trade delegation to Thailand in March 1998. There are no planned Ministerial-led trade delegations.

(d) There have been no recent Ministerial-led trade delegations to Uganda. There are no planned Ministerial-led trade delegations.