Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the programmes of the Indian Diaspora Champion's visits to India.

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, my hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Ms Patel) has made three trips to India since her appointment. These visits took place in November 2013, January 2014 and July 2014. She accompanied the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) during his programme to New Delhi and Kolkata, attended the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Overseas Indian Day) conferences in Punjab and New Delhi, accompanied the Chancellor of the Exchequer, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr Osbourne) to Mumbai and New Delhi, and met with a wide range of interlocutors including Prime Minister Modi.

My hon. Friend the Member for Witham has also made a number of visits to businesses, community groups and places of worship around the UK, including to Gravesend, Hounslow, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Southall. During these visits, she was supported by various staff members including members of her Parliamentary team, her Ministerial Private Office and Foreign Office staff, according to the nature of the visit.