Response to NAMED DAY PQ 214210
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213577, which Scottish ministers made the visits in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and what the destination of each visit was. 214210 NAMED DAY
Details of these visits are the responsibility of the Scottish Government. However, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Devolution Unit is aware of the following visits by Scottish Government Ministers:
2014
Date / Minister / Destination / Purpose9-11 November 2014 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Geneva / ‘Climate justice’ event.
29-30 October 2014 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Dublin / Speaking on the referendum and constitutional reform.
21-25 October 2014 / Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Environment & Climate Change / Chile / Attending ‘aquasur’ conference on aqua culture.
20-Oct-14 / Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural
Affairs and the Environment / Paris / SIAL Food and Drink trade fair.
14-Oct-14 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Brussels / European Policy Centre event - supported by Scottish Government.
06-Oct-14 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Italy / Pontignano conference 'Better Together or Better Apart'
15-Jul-14 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Brussels / Event on ‘Scotland and Europe – A Union of Ideas’. Support from Scottish Government.
12-Jun-14 / Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Environment & Climate Change / Brussels / Meetings alongside EU Environment Council.
11-Jun-14 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Brussels / Post 2015 Development Goals Event. Support from Scottish Government.
06-Jun-14 / Alex Salmond, First Minister / France / D-Day commemorations.
29-30 May 2014 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Ireland / Listowel Writers Week and political meetings.
19-May-14 / Angela Constance MSP
Minister for Youth Employment / Brussels / Event at Scotland House, supported by Scottish Government.
5-6 May 2014 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Warsaw/Krakow / Cultural and political calls.
4-7 May 2014 / Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy and Tourism / Houston / Offshore Technology Conference.
28 April - 2 May 2014 / Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners' Rights / Ottawa/Toronto/Hamilton / Queen's Baton Relay - Commonwealth Games.
28-29 April / Alex Salmond, First Minister / Brussels/Bruges / Supported by Scottish Government.
w/c 7 April / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Vancouver / San Francisco / Scotland Week.
7-9 April 2014 / Alex Salmond, First Minister / New York / Scotland Week
4-5 April / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Paris / “Future of Europe, future of culture” forum.
03-Apr / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Paris / Institute for International and Strategic Relations round table.
2013:
Date / Minister / Destination / Purpose23rd - 30th March 2014 / Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning / New Zealand / International Summit on the Teaching Profession, representing the UK
6th - 7th March 2014 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Helsinki / Architecture and structural funds.
13th-15th February 2014 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Vienna / Meeting OSCE, Austrian MFA and UN agencies.
12th - 13th February 2014 / John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth / Oslo / Conference on Social Entrepreneurship with side meetings.
10th February 2014 / Alex Salmond, First Minister / Spain (Valencia) / Invited to visit a hydro electric plant.
24th-27th January 2014 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Malawi/Zambia / Queens Baton Relay.
9th - 10th January 2014 / Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy Enterprise and Tourism / Oslo / Holmenkollen Thought Leaders’ Summit on renewable energy. Also undertaking meetings with companies.
16th December 2013 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Paris / Meet with Culture minister and sign agreement of cultural cooperation.
9th December / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Denmark and Sweden / Discuss infrastructure and heating systems and the Danish process of EU scrutiny. Deliver lecture at Lund University, Southern Sweden.
26th November / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Brussels / Briefing on White Paper to missions
12-14 November 2013 / Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health and Sport / Colombo / Commonwealth Business Council conference just before CHOGM.
9th- 15 November / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / UAE, and Qatar / Oil and gas conference.
3-7 November / Alex Salmond, First Minister / China & HK / Trade and government to government focussed programme.
30-31st October 2013 / Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning / Poland / Visit to Auschwitz. No involvement from BE Warsaw.
29 - 31 October 2013 / Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing / Estonia / Conference on minimum alcohol pricing.
October 17-19 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Pakistan / No further information.
October 10-14 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / India, Delhi and Mumbai / Queens Baton Relay.
10th - 12th October 2013 / Alex Salmond, First Minister / Brussels / Alex Salmond, First Minister
4-6 October 2013 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Rome / Pontignano conference.
28th September 2013 / Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice / Madrid / EUROFEDOP conference.
23 to 25 September / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Geneva / Various meetings on international for a.
2-4 September / Angela Constance, Minister for Youth Employment / Switzerland and Germany / Study visit on vocational education and training.
22-24 August / Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural
Affairs and the Environment / Stockholm/ Copenhagen / Meetings with Swedish counterparts in Stockholm.
August 13th- 16th / Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Environment & Climate Change / Trondheim, Norway / To visit Aqua Nor Aquaculture exhibition and political calls.
7-8 July / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Latvia / To build cultural and trade and investment links between Scotland and Latvia.
04-Jul / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Philadelphia, USA / Speech on Scotland referendum - linked to the American war of independence. Made during holiday.
25 June to 27 June / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / China & Hong Kong / Promoting links in the fields of trade, investment, education and culture.
June 11th / Keith Brown, Scottish Minister for Transport and Veteran Affairs. / Amsterdam / On cycling infrastructure and Dutch policy.
May 28 2013 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Venice / Cultural Event.
May 22 2013 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Qatar / Doha Forum
May 07 -08 2013 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Dublin / Energy conference under the Irish Presidency.
May 02 2013 / Humza Yousaf, Minister for External Affairs and International Development / Hanover, Germany / The Highland Gathering, Peine.
Early May 2013 / Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy and Tourism / Houston / Offshore Technology Conference.
May 2013 / John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and
Sustainable Growth / Seoul / No further information
April 17 2013 / Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs / Berlin / Political and cultural calls.
April 4-11 2013 / Alex Salmond, First Minister / Washington / Scotland Week,