asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the programme of already announced overseas visits, together with their purpose, for himself and for each Minister in his Department between July and December; and if he will list the programme of already announced overseas visitors to the United Kingdom he expects to meet in the same period.

The programme of visits already announced for Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is as follows:

		Nature of visit
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Helsinki	July	Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Nassau	October	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Brussels	monthly	Foreign Affairs Councils
Luxembourg	December>	European Council
Baroness Young
Nairobi	July	World Conference of the UN Decade for Women
Mr. Malcolm Rifkind
No visits yet announced
Mr. Richard Luce
Brussels	July	Visit to NATO
Geneva	August	Review Conference on Non Proliferation Treaty
Mr. Timothy Raison
Sofia	October	23rd Session of General Conference on UNESCO
Mr. Tim Renton
Peru	July	Presidential Inauguration
Ecuador and Bolivia	August	Bilateral visits

Discussions are taking place with representatives of Governments regarding a number of overseas visitors to Britain whom my right hon. and learned Friend expects to meet during this period. However, no announcement is made regarding forthcoming visits until arrangements have been completed and the Government concerned agrees to advance publicity.