asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the desirability of State owner-ship and control of broadcasting stations and services in Japan, he will instruct our representative on the Allied Council to press for such ownership and control in opposition to the proposal to establish privately-owned and controlled systems.

The Commonwealth representative on the Allied Council was instructed in December, 1946, to press for the continued state monopoly of the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation. He has, in fact, done so in subsequent Allied Council meetings.

Can the Minister say whether his representations have had any success?

It is still under consideration by the Allied Council, and our representative still takes the same view.