asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether any expenses incurred by individual general practitioners in attending the British Medical Association Congress in Cairo in the current year will be borne by the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement;(2) whether he will be attending the British Medical Association's Congress in Cairo in the current year; and if he will make a statement.

Neither I, nor any of our Departmental officials will attend the 1985 British Medical Association Congress in Cairo, which is not at NHS expense.