HC Deb 17 December 2002 vol 396 cc763-4W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many engagements were undertaken outside London(a) by him or his predecessor and (b) by Ministers in his Department in January (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002. [87355]

Mr. Straw

[holding answer 16 December 2002]: The information is as follows: Foreign Secretary

  • January 2000 (Robin Cook)
  • 6 Lisbon
  • 16 Chevening House, Kent (Dinner)
  • 18–20 Jordan and Egypt
  • 24 General Affairs Council, Brussels
  • 26 International Forum on the Holocaust, Stockholm
  • 27 Chevening House, Kent (meeting with German Foreign Minister and others)
  • 28 Burns Supper, Boldon
  • January 2001 (Robin Cook)
  • 11 Brussels and Paris
  • 22 General Affairs Council, Brussels
    • 764W
  • January 2002 (Jack Straw)
  • 20–23 Paris, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and DRC
  • 28 General Affairs Council, Brussels
  • 31 Washington
Minister for Europe
  • January 2000 (Keith Vaz)
  • 14 British/French Colloque, Hanbury Manor, Herts
  • 16–17 Rome
  • 19–20 Athens
  • 22 Paris 'Your Future of Europe Student Seminar'
  • 24 General Affairs Council, Brussels
  • 25 Brussels (NATO)
  • January 2001 (Keith Vaz)
  • 22 General Affairs Council, Brussels
  • 24 Prague
  • January 2002 (Peter Hain)
  • 8–9 Ljubljana
  • 28–29 General Affairs Council, Brussels
 Minister of State
  • January 2000 (Peter Hain)
  • 9–14 Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana
  • 24–25 New York
  • 28–31 South Africa
  • January 2001 (Peter Hain/Brian Wilson)
  • 1–9 South Africa (Peter Hain)
  • January 2002 (Baroness Symons)
  • 11 South Yorkshire
  • 14–16 Santa Monica
 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
  • January 2000 (John Battle)
  • None
  • January 2001 (John Battle)
  • 18 Athens
  • 24–30 Mexico
  • January 2002 (Ben Bradshaw)
  • 14–17 Israel and Palestinian Authority
 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
  • January 2000 (Baroness Scotland)
  • None
  • January 2001 (Baroness Scotland)
  • 15–16 Bradford
  • 19 Oxford
  • 22–31 British Antarctic Territory
  • January 2002 (Baroness Amos)
  • 7–9 Kenya and Tanzania
  • 28–29 New York
 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
  • (new post created in June 2001)
  • January 2002 (Denis MacShane)
  • 1–6 Switzerland
  • 25–28 Japan.

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