asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what provisions for future Japanese migration he is proposing for inclusion in the coming peace treaty with Japan.

Japanese migration is not at present under discussion. It will no doubt be a matter for negotiation between Japan and other Governments after the conclusion of a peace treaty.

Is the Minister aware that the Japanese population is now increasing at the rate of something like one and a quarter million per year, and that the Japanese Government are most anxious that this matter should be brought into the Japanese peace treaty as a question to be decided for the future, to avoid the possibilities of future war?

I am not aware what the wishes of the Japanese Government may be in this matter. We recognise it as a very important long-term problem, but it might be very difficult to include it in the peace treaty.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that Mr. Foster Dulles has been sent to Japan to prepare negotiations for a peace treaty, he has appointed a representative of the United Kingdom to work with him.

No, Sir. Since his arrival in Japan Mr. Dulles has had talks with the United Kingdom Political Representative in Tokyo.

Is it not true that the United Kingdom representative in Tokyo is accredited to General MacArthur? Can the hon. Gentleman tell us whether Mr. Dulles is also accredited to General MacArthur, or will he deal direct with the Japanese Government? If the latter is the case, ought we not to have someone doing the same thing?

I do not think I can answer the hon. Member's precise point about the position of Mr. Dulles, but so far as there is any need for an exchange of views—and I agree there is—that is proving perfectly practicable under the present arrangements between Mr. Dulles and our representative.