§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will outline the results of talks between 105W his Department and the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry on scientific collaboration; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkMy Department and Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry regularly exchange information on science and technology matters. The most recent opportunity for such exchanges was the latest round of annual DTI/MITI talks held in Tokyo on 28 February and 1 March 1989. Both sides reviewed the growing number of opportunities for exchange of scientists and engineers between the United Kingdom and Japan and reaffirmed the value they attach to such exchanges. The opportunity was also taken to hold an exchange of views between experts in the fields of biotechnology, ocean technology, superconductivity and software engineering.