§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans his Department has for ministerial visits in(a) the rest of 2000 and (b) 2001 to (i) Bulgaria, (ii) Cyprus, (iii) the Czech Republic, (iv) Estonia, (v) Hungary, (vi) Latvia, (vii) Lithuania, (viii) Malta, (ix) Poland, (x) Romania, (xi) the Slovak Republic, (xii) Slovenia and (xiii) Turkey; and if he will make a statement. [130855]
§ Mr. VazThe ministerial visits programme for 2001 has not yet been agreed. For the remainder of 2000 the visits programme is as follows:
(i) Bulgaria
I intend to visit later this year.(ii) Cyprus
I intend to visit later this year.(iii) Czech Republic
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will visit on 25–26 July. I intend to visit later this year.(iv) Estonia
I intend to visit next year. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary visited last year and President Men visited the UK in March this year.(v) Hungary
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will visit on 24–25 July.(vi) Latvia
I intend to visit later this year.(vii) Lithuania
I intend to visit later this year.(viii) Malta
267WI visited earlier this month.(ix) Poland
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Baroness Scotland attended the 'Community of Democracies' conference from 25–27 June.(x) Romania
President Constantinescu and Foreign Minister Roman have both visited the UK this year. I do not intend to visit this year but hope to do so in early 2001 after the Romanian general elections.(xi) Slovak Republic
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary visited in March. I intend to visit later this year.(xii) Slovenia
I intend to visit later this year.(xiii) Turkey
The Minister of State my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, West (Mr. Battle) intends to visit in November. I also intend to visit later this year.
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the occasions in each year from 1995 to 2000 when(a) Bulgaria, (b) Cyprus, (c) the Czech Republic, (d) Estonia, (e) Hungary, (f) Latvia, (g) Lithuania, (h) Malta, (i) Poland, (j) Romania, (k) the Slovak Republic, (l) Slovenia and (m) Turkey received ministerial visits from his Department; in each instance indicating the (i) head of the UK delegation and (ii) length of stay; and if he will make a statement. [130854]
§ Mr. VazIt will take some time to collate all the information requested by the hon. Member. I will write to him once it is available and place a copy of my letter in the Library.