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MAY PARLIAMENTARY VISIT :

4TH

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20TH MAY 1994

LIST OF BRANCHES TO BE INVITED:

AUSTRALIA:

South Australia

Tasmania

Western Australia

BOTSWANA

CANADA:

Federal

Ontario

Quebec

CAYMAN ISLANDS

COOK ISLANDS

CYPRUS

HONG KONG

JERSEY

KENYA

KIRIBATI

MALAWI

MALAYSIA:

Federal

Penang

NAMIBIA

NEW ZEALAND

NIGERIA

SAINT LUCIA

SRI LANKA

TANZANIA

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ZIMBABWE

RESERVES

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MALAYSIA:

MALTA

Sarawak

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SINGAPORE

ZAMBIA

3rd November 1993

APPENDIX D2

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COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION (CPA): 43rd PARLIAMENTARY SEMINAR AND VISIT 1994.

1. Each year the CPA UK Branch organises a seminar and a visit for Parliamentarians from CPA Branches in other Commonwealth countries. The UK Branch's Seminar

Sub-Committee will meet on 3 November to allocate places for 1994 from the applications received.

2.

The Seminar will take place from 8-19 March 1994 and will provide Commonwealth MP's with an opportunity to exchange views on Parliamentary matters. it will also give them an insight into the workings of the British Parliament. The visit, in May (precise dates not yet decided), will include a regional tour and a series of informal discussions at Westminster. There are 25 place to be filled in each case.

3. I attach a list of bids received from CPA overseas branches, with details of previous attendances. The final column shows the CPA UK Branch Secretary's recommendations (an "r" indicates a place reserved but that confirmation that the overseas branch wishes to participate is still awaited). If your Department would like to press for priority to be given to Parliamentarians from any particular country or dependent territory, please could you let me know by cop Monday 1 November. I should like to inform the CPA Secretary of the FCO's preferences before the meeting.

4.

Please bear in mind that the MP's on the Sub-Committee will all have their causes celebres, so bidding for places is likely to be lively. As well as convincing reasons why countries should secure places, I should be grateful for an indication of which countries' bids might be sacrificed if necessary.

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The CPA have to be even-handed in allocating places. Countries which have not figured prominently in seminars and visits in recent years are normally given precedence.

5.

A Reuter

CCD

E 301c

270-2936

28 October 1993

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