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Globetrotting MPs: they get around
Evening Standard7 Apr 2009
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
LAST YEAR'S TOTAL £231,023
Highlight – Bermuda, Grand Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Falklands: Inquiry into overseas territories £51,178
Planned – Washington DC and Tampa, Florida: Global security £57,951
Caicos Islands: the committee was investigating “overseas territories”
INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES, SCIENCE AND SKILLS
Total £61,707
Highlight – Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo: Inquiry into engineering £52,276
Planned – Washington DC: Look at science and engineering £41,324
WORK AND PENSIONS
Total £91,173
Highlight — Sydney and Adelaide: Inquiry into supporting carers £57,446
Planned — Canada: Look at ways to tackle pensioner poverty £55,083.
ENVIRONMENT
Total £93,794
Highlight – Australia and China: Building on Kyoto conference £57,774
Planned – Washington DC and San Francisco: International carbon trading £46,928
HUMAN RIGHTS
Total £32,693
Highlight — Johannesburg/Cape Town: Inquiry into UK Bill of Rights £13,428
Planned — Washington DC/New York: Business and human rights issues £25,231
BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE
Total £65,158
Highlight 2007/8 – USA: Inquiry into creating value-added economy £48,476
Planned 2009-2010 – Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates: Exporting out of recession £48,224
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
Total £52,116
Highlight – Toronto /Ottawa: Inquiry into national curriculum and teacher training £41,824
Planned – Washington DC /New York: School accountability and social worker training £55,712
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Total £57,098
Highlight – California: Inquiry into harmful content on the internet and in video games £45,123
Planned – Washington DC/Albany/ New York: Press standards, privacy, libel. £57,861
DEFENCE
Total £103,556
Highlight – Pakistan/Afghanistan: Inquiry into UK operations in Afganistan £47,223
Planned – Washington DC/Tampa, Florida: Meetings with new US administration £57,387
EUROPEAN SECURITY
Total £61,363
Highlight – Brussels: EU institutions meeting £7,621
Planned – Croatia: Visit before accession to the EU £12,414; Sweden: Discussions with member states £22,848
HEALTH
Total £21,088
Highlight — Oslo: inquiry into health inequalities £10,687
HOME AFFAIRS
Total: £83,324
Highlight — India/Bangladesh: Inquiry into migration £52,990
Planned — Ecuador/Peru: Look at the cocaine trade £49,332
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Total: £157,808
Highlight – Washington DC: Inquiry into development and the World Bank £25,067
Planned – Nigeria: Urbanisation and poverty £49,425
BIOSECURITY
Total £3,102
Highlight — Berlin: Inquiry into biosecurity £3,102
JUSTICE
Total £90,500
Highlight – Vancouver, Seattle and Portland: Justice reinvestment £34,819
Planned — South Africa: Role of the prison officer £48,051
NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS
Total £5,149
Highlight — Dublin: Political developments in Northern Ireland £5,149
Planned— Dublin: Policing £10,663
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Total £12,308
Highlight — Rome: Comparative study of audit bodies £11,100
Planned—Czech Republic: meeting with audit office £8,750
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Total £4,402
Highlight — Brussels: Lobbying £4,402
Planned — The Hague: Civil services issues £11,095
REGULATORY REFORM
Total £14,363
Highlight — Copenhagen/Stockholm/The Hague: inquiry into getting better results £13,110
TRANSPORT
Total £11,599
Highlight — The Hague/Hanover: Taxes and charges on road users £11,599
Planned — Portland, Seattle/Washington DC: Look at major road network £49,613
TREASURY
Total £96,165
Highlight — Singapore/Tokyo: Inquiry into financial stability £63,463
Planned — Chicago, Washington DC and New York: Inquiry into the banking crisis £59,043
WELSH AFFAIRS
Total £18,192
Highlight — Barcelona and Bilbao: Inquiry into globalisation and its impact on Wales £11,863
Planned — Baltic Ports: Look at digital inclusion £17,737
