To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department met representatives of the Colombian government to discuss defence matters in 2008. (270944)

MOD Ministers had no official meetings with Colombian officials in 2008. Other members of the Ministry of Defence, however, routinely met representatives of the Colombian Government in the course of their duties. This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.