§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 2 April 2001,Official Report, column 53W, on 734W
Bank of England)1. The DMO did not acquire responsibility for managing the Exchequer cash position until 3 April 2000.The amounts of specific classes of short-term assets that are bought by the DMO, are matters of commercial confidentiality between the DMO and its counterparties. For related reasons the DMO does not publish monthly totals of its short-term net cash position. However, paragraph 20 of the DMO's Exchequer Cash Management Operational Notice (dated 20 January 2000), as supplemented by the DMO's announcement of 12 September and 9 November 2000, list the range of financial instruments in which the DMO may transact. These are set out in the schedule attached.All the DMO's market transactions flow through the DMA which came into operation in November 1999. The audited accounts for the DMA for the period to end March 2000 (including an income and expenditure account), will be published in due course.1 The details of the financing arithmetic outturn are available on the DMO web site www.dmo.gov.ukMr. Tatchell, on what date the British Embassy in Brussels raised the matter with the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs. [160091]
§ Mr. WilsonOur Consul General at our Embassy in Brussels raised the matter with the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 16 March 2001. My reply of 2 April 2001,Official Report, column 53W, contained a typographical error—"Minister" should read "Ministry".
§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 2 April 2001,Official Report, column 53W, on Mr. Tatchell, if he will publish the representation made by the British Embassy in Brussels following the assault on Mr. Tatchell. [160090]
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§ Mr. WilsonOur Consul-General in Belgium made clear our concerns at a senior level in the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a telephone call.