Mentions:
1: Lord Brennan (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Latin America is approaching 700 million people. - Speech Link
2: Lord Mountevans (XB - Excepted Hereditary) She is a champion for closer relations with Latin America. - Speech Link
3: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) America, and the research opportunities that Latin America offers us. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Is Latin America now covered by BII or not? - Speech Link
Apr. 05 2024
Source Page: Exports Minister visits Latin America to boost trade and unlock billions worth of exportsFound: Exports Minister visits Latin America to boost trade and unlock billions worth of exports
Oct. 09 2023
Source Page: Trade Minister in Peru and Colombia to boost trade with Latin AmericaFound: Trade Minister in Peru and Colombia to boost trade with Latin America
Jan. 04 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 18/12/2023 from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Baroness Hooper regarding points raised during the debate on Latin America: the UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty, Haiti innovative solutions, UK visas, update on figures mentioned during the debate. 4p.Found: 12/2023 from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Baroness Hooper regarding points raised during the debate on Latin
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish the list of passengers on-board the then Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's plane during his tour of the (a) Caribbean and (b) Latin America in May 2023.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
In accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines, only passengers who are senior officials are published. This information can be found on the FCDO quarterly transparency data return on GOV.UK
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the then Secretary of State's tour of the Caribbean and Latin America in May 2023, whether an assessment was made of the feasibility of travelling by commercial airline.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Travelling commercially would not have achieved this trip within the time allocated. Foreign travel is a vital part of diplomacy. It is in the national interest that the Foreign Secretary and other Ministers travel abroad to pursue UK interests. Value for money is taken into account in all travel decisions.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the then Secretary of State's tour of the Caribbean and Latin America in May 2023, what travel options other than Embraer Lineage 1000E were available; what the comparative cost of those options was to Embraer Lineage 1000E; and for what reason Embraer Lineage 1000E was selected as the chosen means of travel.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Government aircraft assets were explored but unavailable. The charter aircraft was selected as the most efficient and value for money asset for the Foreign Secretary and travelling delegation to undertake the visit. Foreign travel is a vital part of diplomacy. It is in the national interest that the Foreign Secretary and other Ministers travel abroad to pursue UK interests. Value for money is taken into account in all travel decisions
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: America via multilateralism. 8)Current multilateral partnerships between the UK and Latin America include
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's publication of ministerial travel data for April to June 2023, how much of the published £22,860.38 cost of his trip to the Caribbean and Latin America from 17 to 25 May was made up of his (a) share of the £422,747.50 cost of the flights for that trip, (b) accommodation and (c) meals and other expenses.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Overall figures of government spend are regularly published as part of transparency releases. These figures could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Foreign travel is a vital part of diplomacy. It is in the national interest that the Foreign Secretary and other Ministers travel abroad to pursue UK interests. Value for money is taken into account in all travel decisions.
Nov. 20 2023
Source Page: Canning House 80th anniversary celebrations: David Rutley's keynote speechFound: In my 13 months as the Minister for Latin America, I have travelled to the region 16 times and visited