HC Deb 17 December 2003 vol 415 cc899-900W
Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what visits(a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department (i) have made and (ii) plan to make using public funds in connection with the Big Conversation; how many civil servants accompanied each Minister in respect of such visits; what the cost to public funds was of visits by (A) each Minister and (B) civil servants in connection with the Big Conversation; and if she will make a statement. [143164]

Margaret Beckett

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House on 9 December 2003,Official Report, column 355W.