Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) protocols, (b) agreements and (c) understandings are in place on visits by Ministers of other countries to the UK for official purposes.

There are no formal agreements in place. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has responsibility for organising inward visits by senior Ministers from other countries at the invitation of Her Majesty's Government. Visit programmes are discussed and agreed with the visiting delegation on a case-by-case basis.