Written question asked by Martin Salter (Labour) on Thursday, 11 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 March 2010. It was answered by Chris Bryant (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Departmental Meetings

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any of his officials were present at meetings attended by Lord Ashcroft and the right hon. Member for Richmond (a) between 28 March and 3 April 2007 in Belize, Brazil, the Falkland Islands, Iceland, Panama, and the Turks and Caicos, (b) on 18 and 19 June 2007 in Syria, (c) between 15 and 17 February 2008 in the United Arab Emirates, (d) between 13 and 15 May 2008 in Egypt, (e) between 20 and 23 October 2008 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Georgia, (f) between 2 and 4 November 2008 in Israel, (g) between 15 and 17 March 2009 in Cuba, (h) on 21 October 2009 in the USA, (i) on 26 and 27 October 2009 in Qatar and (j) between 30 November and 2 December 2009 in China and Hong Kong.

Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and is available only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information