asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he raised the subject of the implications for Anglo-United States relations of unitary taxation at his meeting with the Governor of California on Monday 13 April; and if he will make a statement.

Unitary taxation was discussed during my right hon. and learned Friend's meeting with the Government of California. The governor was told of our hopes for further reform of California's unitary taxation. He invited the United Kingdom private sector to put its views to the California franchise tax board.