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Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [23]

  • Question by: Murad Qureshi
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
OK. I have clearly suggested where I think there is scope, particularly - whatever the stage of development they are at, I certainly think, given they are exporting bio fuels in a big way.

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [22]

  • Question by: Richard Barnes
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
And to receive his knighthood.

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [21]

  • Question by: Richard Barnes
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
He was there in September for the Clinton Foundation, to sign the agreement, was he not?

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [20]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
But he had been invited, Murziline [Parchment] told us, by Lord Moynihan's organisation. Normally when I am invited somebody quite often pays.

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [19]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
Did anybody draw to the Mayor's attention, prior to his trip at the beginning of November, the Foreign Office's Annual Report on Human Rights launched on 12 October, only a matter of weeks before? Was that drawn to the Mayor's attention before he went?

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [18]

  • Question by: Richard Barnes
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
So it is a real living document?

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [17]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
OK. When that was planned was there any liaison discussion with either the Foreign Office or the Department of Trade and Industry about the appropriateness of the trip, who to meet, what might usefully be discussed, or any other background matters? Was advice sought from the Foreign Office or the Department in any respect?

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [16]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
He did. Did he meet any representatives of the various political prisoners who lobbied the Foreign Office and who have met Foreign Office ministers?

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [15]

  • Question by: Bob Neill
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
Tell me. Can you help me about this? Did the Mayor meet the Mayor of Havana whilst he was out there?

Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [14]

  • Question by: Richard Barnes
  • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
When deciding which international relations to pursue, to what extent do the political complexions of the city administrations factor in your decisions?
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