HC Deb 24 May 1999 vol 332 cc44-5W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [81083]

Mr. Nick Brown

Ministers in my Department met their counterparts in the US Administration twice between 1 January and 1 June 1998. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Secretary met Mr. Gus Schumacher, the US Under-Secretary for Trade, in London on 25 February 1998 and my right hon. Friend the Member for Copeland (Dr. Cunningham) met Mr. Dan Glickman the US Agriculture Secretary and us Schumacher the US Under-Secretary for Trade in Paris on 6 March 1998.