To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made by him to the Commission of the European Economic Community and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany about the compatibility with the treaty of Rome and other international legal obligations of the refusal under German law of the orchestra of the Munich Opera to play Scott Joplin scores for a performance arranged by an English choreographer, on the alleged grounds of the composer's ethnic origins; and if he will make a statement.

None. Initial reports were inaccurate. There is no reason for us to intervene.