§ 20. Mr. Phillip Oppenheimasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the effect of the privatisation of telecommunications in Japan on the extent of access to the Japanese market for British manufacturers.
§ Mr. ButcherThe liberalisation of telecommunications in Japan should provide opportunities to British companies which are capable of competing in world markets, and we are pursuing vigorously the issue of reciprocal trading in telecommunications products between Britain and Japan.