Anzac Landings: Anniversaries

Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions she has had with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand on Anzac Day.

Mr. McCartney
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not held any recent discussions with Australia and New Zealand regarding Anzac Day.

The New Zealand Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade attended the Anzac ceremonies in London in April 2006 and had discussions with the then Foreign Secretary my right hon. Friend the Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw). These covered both Anzac Day and the New Zealand War memorial in Hyde Park which was opened by Her Majesty The Queen on 11 November last year.