Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 1 March 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the occasions on which (a) she has and (b) each of her Ministers have visited (i) Brussels and (ii) Paris in the last two years; and what the (A) purpose and (B) means of transport to and from the United Kingdom was on each occasion.
holding answer
Since 1999 the Government have published an annual list of Cabinet Ministers' visits overseas costing more than £500. The list provides details of the date, destination, purpose and costs of individual visits made by Cabinet Ministers.
Information relating to the period 2003–04 and 2004–05 is available in the Library of the House. Information for the year 2005–06 will be published as soon as it is ready after the end of the financial year.
DEFRA Ministers visited Brussels and Paris on the following occasions in 2004–05:
Date | Destination | Propose of visit | Transport |
---|---|---|---|
2 March 2004 | Brussels | Environment Council | RAF/Scheduled flight |
19–20 April 2004 | Paris | OECD Three Year Meeting of Environment Ministers | Eurostar |
24–25 June 2004 | Paris | Environment Council | Eurostar |
19 December 2004 | Brussels | Environment Council | Eurostar |
27 –28 January 2005 | Paris | International Biodiversity Symposium | Eurostar |
9 –11 March 2005 | Paris/Brussels | OECD High Seas Task Force and Environment Council | Eurostar/Scheduled flight |
1–2 June 2005 | Paris | Roundtable on Sustainable Development at the OECD | Eurostar |
15 September 2005 | Brussels | Visit to the European Parliament | Eurostar/Scheduled flight |
6 October 2005 | Brussels | IPPR Climate Change Policy Seminar | Eurostar/Scheduled flight |
12 October 2005 | Brussels | Bathing Water Conciliation | Eurostar |
24 October 2005 | Brussels | Launch of the European Climate Change Programme | Scheduled flight/Eurostar |
1–2 December 2005 | Brussels | Environment Council | Eurostar/RAF |
Date | Destination | Propose of visit | Transport |
---|---|---|---|
17 May 2004 | Brussels | Competitiveness Council | Eurostar |
2 March 2005 | Brussels | Met with MEPs about REACH | Eurostar |
Date | Destination | Propose of visit | Transport |
---|---|---|---|
18 July 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Eurostar |
21–22 November 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Eurostar |
19–20 September 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Eurostar |
19–21 December 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Eurostar |
Date | Destination | Propose of visit | Transport |
---|---|---|---|
22–23 March 2004 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Scheduled flight |
24 May 2004 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Scheduled flight/Eurostar |
22–23 November 2004 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | RAF/Eurostar |
20–22 December 2004 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Scheduled flight/Eurostar |
14–15 March 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Scheduled flight |
11 July 2005 | Brussels | Appearance at European Parliament | Eurostar |
17–19 July 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council Bilateral with French fisheries minister | RAF/Eurostar |
19–20 September 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Eurostar |
22–23 September 2005 | Brussels | Hosting dinner for European Parliament | Eurostar |
21 November 2005 | Paris | High Seas Task Force | Eurostar |
21–24 November 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Eurostar |
19–22 December 2005 | Brussels | Agriculture/Fisheries Council | Eurostar |
Date | Destination | Propose of visit | Transport |
---|---|---|---|
16 February 2004 | Brussels | European conference on air quality | Scheduled flight |
18 October 2004 | Brussels | SIAL promoting British Food | Scheduled flight |
Date | Destination | Propose of visit | Transport |
---|---|---|---|
3 October 2005 | Brussels | REACH | Eurostar |
5 December 2005 | Brussels | REACH | Eurostar |
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