HC Deb 03 March 2000 vol 345 c434W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the accommodation costs of the Your Britain, Your Europe Roadshow; and to how many people, from which organisations, these costs were attributable. [112338]

Mr. Vaz

The accommodation costs were £6,775.75. Over the week the costs were attributable to 19 people from two organisations: the FCO and Caribiner, the public relations company which helped organise the roadshow.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reason his Minister for Europe travelled to Paris, as part of the Your Britain, Your Europe Roadshow, to conduct an interview with a UK radio station; and what was the cost of this visit. [112340]

Mr. Vaz

I visited Paris to deliver a speech at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe. I took the opportunity also to conduct a radio interview and to meet journalists at the Gare du Nord station to publicise the roadshow. The cost of the visit to Paris was £4,192.69. This covered the travel and accommodation costs of myself and accompanying FCO officials.

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