asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress he has made in the study of the factors affecting the controls governing the coal and steel industries raised at the renegotiations held at the Dublin summit on 3rd March; and if he will make a statement.

The study of how to re-establish effective control over private sector investment in the steel industry is being pursued in accordance with the objectives set out in Command 5999 and 6003. We have met no comparable problems in connection with the coal industry.