HC Deb 17 December 1948 vol 459 cc233-4W
Mr. Bartlett

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the extension of the United Kingdom Private Chattels Scheme to United Kingdom British subjects who have suffered losses in the Far East, announced on 1st December, is limited to losses in colonial territories.

Mr. H. Wilson

As the hon. Member has already been informed by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, it is proposed to extend benefits on the lines of the free cover of the United Kingdom Private Chattels Scheme to British subjects who have sustained war losses to private chattels in British and ex-British territories in the Far East and who have returned to reside in this country. The existing scheme, which is confined to hardship grants to British subjects returning from captivity, will continue to be applied in relation to losses in other Far Eastern territories