Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 28 February 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 March 2011. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 7 March 2011 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Tunisia

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) dates and (b) purposes were of each visit to Tunisia by Ministers in his Department since 1997.

Answer: I visited Tunisia between 28 and 30 November 2010.Previous visits by Foreign and Commonwealth Ministers since 1997 include:"My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, February 2011""Bill Rammell (former Member for Harlow), February 2009""The right hon. Member for South Shields (David Miliband), February 2008""The right hon. Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, January 2005 and September 2003""The right hon. Member for Neath (Mr Hain), April 2000""Derek Fatchett (former Member for Leeds Central), May 1998."The purpose of my visit was to support UK objectives in a range of areas including the safety of British nationals travelling to Tunisia, trade, counter-terrorism, regional stability and political reform.

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