§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the business contracted out by his Department to Carabiner since May 1997. [22886]
§ Peter HainSince May 1997 the Department has awarded major contracts for the provision of event production services to Carabiner for the following events:
- 1. The G8 Birmingham Summit from 15–17 May 1998
- 2. The European Council in Cardiff from 15–16 June 1998
Carabiner were also involved in one event for the Your Britain, Your Europe campaign.
The event production contracts do not include the "contracting out" of services normally performed "in-house" by the FCO.