HC Deb 15 February 2000 vol 344 c465W
Mr. Jim Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many bilateral meetings were held between his Department and its Austrian counterpart in each of the last five years; and what was discussed at each meeting since May 1997. [109872]

Ms Beverley Hughes

Any records of bilateral meeting between the DETR (or the former DOE or DOT) and its Austrian counterpart are not held centrally. It would therefore involve a disproportionate cost in trying to retrieve the information.

Mr. Jim Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those previously planned meetings and their subject, between his Department and its Austrian counterpart which have been cancelled since the formation of the new Austrian Government. [109899]

Ms Beverley Hughes

There were no previously planned meetings between DETR and its Austrian counterpart when the new Austrian Government was formulated.