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bid should in the end be no more expensive than the
Japanese. But they do not want to commit themselves
to this until the technical surveys are completed.
We cannot force them against their commercial judgment.
I only hope they can be kept in the running on that
basis.
Anti-Corruption
We have not yet been able to make progress
on the amendment of the Fugitive Offenders Act. As
you know, we have had to accept defeat in the attempt
to get it changed retrospectively to catch Godber, but
the Department are plugging away at the Home Office on
the possibility of a non-retrospective change on
general grounds.
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