§ Mr. Moneyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in the light of the success of the visit of the Royal Opera Company to Munich in 1971 and of the Bavarian State Opera to Covent Garden this year, he will hold discussions with the West German Government to arrange for further regular cultural exchanges of the same sort.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleExisting British Council programmes involve continuing support for British artistic events in Europe; and the additional funds which the Government intend to provide through the Council, as stated by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on 6th March, in reply to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Lewes (Sir T. Beamish), should contribute to enlargement of exchanges of this kind both with Germany and with other Western European countries.
I understand that the Covent Garden Administration for its part is engaged in discussions about further such exchanges to which it attaches importance.—[Vol. 832, c. 222–4.]