To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the (i) EEC-Ukraine Co-operation Committee, (ii) EC-Tunisia Association Committee and (iii) EC-Morocco Association Committee met; when and where each meeting took place; what UKGovernment expert was present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement.

During this period, the EU-Ukraine Co-operation Committee met on 11 December 2003 in Kiev. There was no UK representative at this meeting, although the UK did participate fully in formulating the EU's position for the meeting. The EU-Tunisia Association Committee met on 18 November 2004 in Brussels and the EU-Morocco Association Committee met on 21 October 2003 in Rabat. The UK was represented at both meetings by Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials.