§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the overseas visits made by each Minister in his Department in financial year 2003–04. [169754]
§ Mr. StrawSince 1999 the Government have published an annual list of all visits undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during each financial year. The details for the financial year 2003–04 will be published as soon as possible. During the financial year 2003–04 other Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers made the following overseas visits:
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Dr. Denis MacShane MP, Minister of State Date Destination Purpose of trip 3 April 2003 Riga Joint bilateral visit to Latvia with French Europe Minister 6–8 April 2003 Belgrade. Pristina. Skopje Bilateral visits to the Balkans 14 April 2003 Luxembourg General Affairs and External Relations Council 16–17 April 2003 Athens Informal European Council, Signature of the Accession Treaty and European Conference 29 April 2003 The Hague Attend Conference on Chemical Weapons Convention 5 May 2003 Brussels Bilateral 10–12 May 2003 valletta Bilateral 15–16 May 2003 Berlin Konigswinter Conference 19 May 2003 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council 29–31 May 2003 Warsaw Bilateral 6 June 2003 Madrid Bilateral 19–21 June 2003 Porto Caras European Council and EU/Western Balkans Summit 26 June 2003 Rome Bilateral 30 June 2003 Amsterdam Apeldoorn Conference 3–4 July 2003 Gibraltar Bilateral 3–5 September 2003 Oslo and Helsinki Bilaterals 14–15 September 2003 Kiev Bilateral
Dr. Denis MacShane MP, Minister of State Date Destination Purpose of trip 19–21 September 2003 Pontignano Pontignano Conference 21–22 September 2003 Paris and Strasbourg Bilaterals 29 September 2003 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council 7–11 October 2003 Bucharest. Sofia and Hydra Bucharest and Sofia: Bilaterals Hydra: Hydra Conference 16–17 October 2003 Brussels European Council 13–15 November 2003 Madrid and Berlin Madrid: Bilateral Berlin: BMW European Forum 17–18 November 2003 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council 1–4 December 2003 Maastricht and Naples OSCE Ministerial Council in The Netherlands and Euromed Conference in Italy 8 December 2003 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council 11–13 December 2003 Brussels European Council 12–14 January 2004 Ankara. Istanbul and Izmir Bilateral 20 January 2004 Paris Bilateral 26 January 2004 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council 30 January 2004 Berlin Bilateral 6–8 February 2004 Madrid Bilateral 10 February 2004 Vienna Bilateral 17–19 February 2004 Amsterdam Bilateral 23–24 February 2004 Berne Bilateral 27–28 February 2004 Venice Aspen European Dialogue Conference 3–4 March 2004 Stockholm Bilateral 5 March 2004 Skopje Funeral of Macedonian President 25–26 March 2004 Brussels Bilateral visit and to attend the European Council
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Mike O'Brien MP, Minister of State Date Destination Purpose of trip 1 April 2003 NATO SHAPE, Belgium Meetings with UK Military Representation and SACEUR 12–14 April 2003 Tehran, Damascus Bilaterals 26–29 April 2003 Baghdad Central Iraq Conference 19–21 May 2003 Algiers Bilateral 22 May 2003 Paris Conference on Drug Routes 2–5 June 2003 Jakarta Bilateral 6 July 2003 Palermo Informal EU Trade Ministers Conference 19–21 July 2003 Beijing Accompanying the Prime Minister and Trade Delegation on bilateral visit to China 22–25 July 2003 Bali ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting 8–16 September 2003 Cancun WTO Ministerial Conference 16 October 2003 Berlin Bilateral 21–24 October 2003 Kabul Bilateral 2–4 November 2003 Washington Bilateral 8–12 December 2003 Islamabad and Karachi Bilaterals 4–8 January 2004 New Delhi and Hyderabad Bilaterals 26 January 2004 Cannes Attend MIDEM (Music Industry event) 10–12 February 2004 Casablanca and Rabat Bilaterals 15–18 March 2004 Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi Bilaterals 22–23 March 2004 Warsaw Bilateral
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Minister of State Date Destination Purpose of trip 30 April 2003 Paris OECD Trade Ministerial 16 May 03 Washington Bilateral 15–15 July 2003 Jordan Bilateral 3 September 2003 Vienna Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Conference 15–18 September 2003 Morocco and Tunisia Bilateral 23–25 September 2003 New York United Nations General Assembly 29 September to 1 October 2003 Israel Bilateral 8–9 October 2003 Iraq Bilateral 22–24 October 2003 Madrid Iraq Donors' Conference 18–20 November 2003 Lebanon Bilateral 1–2 December 2003 Istanbul Response to the terrorist attacks against the British Consulate General and HSBC Bank 4 December 2003 Brussels NATO Foreign Ministerial 8–9 December 2003 Syria Bilateral 21–23 January 2004 Occupied Territories Bilateral 23–26 February 2004 Bahrain and Qatar Bilateral 9–11 March 2004 Jordan Bilateral 19–19 March 2004 Iraq Bilateral
Baroness Amos of Asthal, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Date Destination Purpose of trip 1–6 April 2003 Botswana and South Africa Bilaterals 14–17 April 2003 Mali G8 Meeting 5–8 May 2003 Dominican Republic Bilateral
Chris Mullin MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Date Destination Purpose of trip 21–25 July 2003 Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone Bilaterals 28 October to Kenya and South Bilaterals 5 November 2003 Africa 2–8 December 03 Abuja Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting 12–20 January 2004 Ethiopia. Djibouti and Eritrea Bilaterals 3–6 February 2004 Washington and New York Liberia Donors' Conference 23–24 February 2004 Paris Bilateral to discuss Africa
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Bill Rammell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Date Destination Purpose of trip 31 March to 1 April 2003 Washington Bilateral 11–15 May 2003 Brazil and Colombia Fundacion Euroamerica Conference 21 May 2003 Stockholm G8 Global Partnership on WMD—Signing MNEPR Treaty 26–27 May 2003 Crete Euromed Conference 12–13 June 2003 New York Conflict Prevention Conference, International Peace Academy 18 June 2003 Madrid Bilateral 22–27 July 2003 Kabul Bilateral 6–21 August 2003 Papua New Guinea, Australia. New Zealand and Solomon Islands Bilateral and attendance at the Pacific Islands Forum (New Zealand)
Bill Rammell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Date Destination Purpose of trip 20–24 September 2003 New York United Nations General Assembly bilateral meetings 9–10 October 2003 Dublin Address to Trinity College 16 October 2003 Rome EU Ministerial meeting 26–31 October 2003 Mexico and Majorca Mexico: Bilaterals Majorca: Launch of the Travel Foundation for Sustainable Tourism 14 November 2003 Washington Bilaterals on Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Counter-Narcotics and UN Reform 29 November to Falkland Islands Falkland Islands: meetings 3 December 2003 and Chile Chile: Bilateral 16–19 December 2003 Beijing and Hong Kong Beijing: Bilaterals and a speech at the Central Party School Hong Kong: Bilaterals 13–18 January 2004 Guatemala and Belize Joint trip with Spanish Minister Cortes to Guatemala to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President Berger. Bilaterals in Guatemala and Belize. 25–26 January 2004 Stockholm Stockholm International Forum preventing Genocide: Threats and Responsibilities 1–3 February 2004 Washington and New York Washington: Bilaterals New York: Bilaterals and a speech on the UN 15–20 February 2004 Argentina and Uruguay Bilaterals 2–5 March 2004 Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad Jamaica: Round table with CARICOM and Bilaterals Barbados and Trinidad: Bilaterals 18 March 2004 Geneva UNCHR