§ Mr. Abseasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the United Kingdom's ambassador designate to Seoul has been instructed to increase the priority given to securing protection for British intellectual property rights to the level that his American counterpart accords the issue on behalf of American rightholders; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThis matter was indeed one of the main issues which the new ambassador to Korea was briefed to raise with Ministers. It has already been the subject of strong representations here and in Seoul. Most recently it was raised by my hon. Friend the Minister for Trade with his Korean counterpart on 20 October.