To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what his engagements were at 11.00 am on Friday 19 March; and if he will make a statement; [78447](2) what engagements the Minister for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities had at 11.00 am on Friday 19 March; and if he will make a statement; [78448](3) what engagements the Minister for School Standards had at 11.00 am on Friday 19 March; and if he will make a statement; [78449](4) what engagements the Minister for Education and Employment had at 11.00 am on Friday 19 March; and if he will make a statement; [78450](5) what engagements the Under-Secretary of State responsible for Lifelong Learning, my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, East (Mr. Mudie), had at 11.00 am on Friday 19 March; and if he will make a statement; [78452](6) what engagements the Under-Secretary of State responsible for School Standards, my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, South (Mr. Clarke), had at 11.00 am on Friday 19 March; and if he will make a statement; [78453]
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| Keith Vaz MP | British Council | Vice Chairman | Nil |
| D. A. Thompson (reappointment) | Commonwealth Institute | Chairman | 15,000 |
| Tony Baldry MP | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Floella Benjamin | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Algy Cluff (reappointment) | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Lord Dholakia | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Anne Ferguson | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Mary Marsh | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Anthea Millett | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Bill Morris | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Helen Robinson (reappointment) | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Jonathon Taylor | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Sam Younger | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
| Keith Vaz MP | Commonwealth Institute | Governor | Nil |
(7) what engagements the Under-Secretary of State responsible for Employment and Equal Opportunities, my hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Ms Hodge), had at 11.00 am on Friday 19 March; and if he will make a statement. [78454]
Following the briefing given to my hon. Friends the Members for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott) and for Hackney, South and Shoreditch (Mr. Sedgemore) by the School Standards Minister the day before the announcement relating to Hackney LEA on Thursday, 18 March, Education and Employment Ministers were visiting a range of schools and other facilities throughout England on Friday. Details are as follows:
I was visiting Mossbrook Special School in Sheffield and attending an international education seminar;
The Minister for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities was giving a speech in Oxford to the Tourism Business Scheme on recruitment problems in the Tourist Industry and visiting a New Deal self-build project;
The Minister for School Standards had a two hour dental appointment and was in Birmingham on Departmental and Constituency business;
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Lifelong Learning was visiting Rawthorpe High School in Huddersfield;
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards was opening the Milton Keynes Educational Partnership Conference in Northampton;
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment and Equal Opportunities was addressing a childcare conference in Gloucester.
Baroness Blackstone was in London providing Ministerial cover.