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Beijing

Volume 491: debated on Monday 27 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visits were made by Ministers to Beijing in the financial year 2007-08. (269676)

There were 14 visits made by Ministers to Beijing in the financial year 2007-08. The following Minsters visited Beijing during this period:

Mr. Liam Byrne MP, Minister-Home Office: 19-21 April 2007

Right hon. John Prescott MP, Deputy Prime Minister: 22-24 April 2007

Right hon. Margaret Beckett MP, Foreign Secretary: 18-19 May 2007

Right hon. Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State For Transport: 4-7 June 2007

Lord Malloch Brown, Minister, Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 27-29 August2007

Mr. Liam Byrne MP, Minister Home Office: 8-10 October 2007

Right hon. John Denham MP, Secretary of State For Innovation, Universities and Skill: 28-30 October 2007

Ms Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the Olympics: 11-15 November 2007

Lord Jones, Minister for Trade Promotion: 19-23 November 2007 and 17-19 January 2008

Right hon. John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, BERR: 18-19 January 2008

Right hon. Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister: 18-19 January 2008

Mr. Tom Harris MP, Minister, Department for Transport: 27 February - 2 March 2008

Right hon. David Miliband MP, Foreign Secretary: 24-29 February 2008