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D.

(a)

COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE

the FCO should keep the Committee informed of the outcome of the Consultants' review on the financing of the Commonwealth Institute, and subsequent decisions on the Institute's future (CCD).

E.

(a)

(b)

(0)

BBC

the FCO, in conjunction with the Treasury, should consider the provision of an exceptional grant-in-aid to help cover the extra costs of the Unified Business Rate and the Bush House rent review within the current triennium (Information Dept);

the FCO should hold discussions with the BBC World Service to identify a method for compensating for inflation on an annual basis, if the original allowance made in the triennium is shown to be seriously out of line with subsequent actual trends (Information Dept);

the FCO and BBC should resolve to their mutual satisfaction the issue of monitoring service

priorities, as the Committee is in no doubt of the importance of monitoring Eastern Europe on a comprehensive basis (Information Dept).

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