HC Deb 07 February 2000 vol 344 cc5-6W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list which Ministers of the Governments of (a) Austria, (b) Belgium, (c) Denmark, (d) Finland, (e) France, (f) Germany, (g) Greece, (h) Ireland, (i) Italy, (j) Luxembourg, (k) the Netherlands, (1) Portugal, (m) Spain and (n) Sweden he has met since 1 August 1999 and the date on which he met them. [108867]

The Prime Minister

I have met all EU Heads of State and some Ministers in multilateral fora since August. I have also held official discussions with the Prime Minister of Belgium on 30 November, the Prime Minister of Finland on 6 October and 30 November, the Greek Minister for Development on 13 December, the Prime Minister of Italy on 20 November and the Prime Minister of Portugal on 29 November and 6 January. I also met the French President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Minister for Europe at the UK/French Summit on 25 November. There have been numerous meetings with the Taoiseach of Ireland in multilateral and bilateral fora. Most recently I had substantive discussions with him on 17 December and 3 February.