HC Deb 16 May 2000 vol 350 c111W
31. Mr. Plaskitt

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contacts he has had with the new Government of Italy. [120903]

Mr. Vaz

The new Italian Government were approved by the Italian Parliament on 28 April. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary met Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini at the gathering of EU foreign ministers held under the Portuguese presidency in the Azores 5–6 May.