HC Deb 31 January 2001 vol 362 cc247-8W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) past and (b) future venues of the "Your Britain, Your Europe" roadshow; and what have been its costs to date. [147460]

Mr. Vaz

Since the launch of the "Your Britain, Your Europe" information initiative, I have visited the following cities, towns and boroughs: Newcastle; Sunderland; Hull; Rotherham; Manchester; London; Bristol; Bath; Nuneaton; Birmingham; Leicester; Leeds; Liverpool; Norwich; Southampton; Edinburgh; Glasgow; Rosyth; Cardiff; Newport; Reading; Newbury; Swindon; Oxford; Slough; Henley on Thames; Wolverhampton; Loughborough; Northampton; Brent; and Tower Hamlets.

In the next two months, I plan to visit Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Sheffield, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Brighton, Hove and Hastings.

So far, the total cost of my programme of visits has been about £100,000.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many responses were received to the questionnaire attached to the "Your Britain, Your Europe" leaflet; how many leaflets have been distributed; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. [147466]

Mr. Vaz

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 10 April 2000,Official Report, column 77W.

We have now distributed all 17,000 copies of the "Your Britain, Your Europe" leaflet. The total design and printing costs came to £3,862.51.