§ Q41. Dr. GodmanTo ask the Prime Minister if she will raise, when next she meets the Prime Minister of Japan, the issue of Japanese whaling operations in the Antarctic.
§ Mr. WakehamI have been asked to reply.
544WMy right hon. Friend will not be meeting the Japanese Prime Minister immediately, but the Government have expressed their views firmly on the current operations to the Japanese Government both directly and through the International Whaling Commission and have asked that the operations cease.