§ MR. SERJEANT SIMONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What progress has been made with reference to the claims against the Spanish Government for compensation on account of the seizure of the "Octavia?"
§ MR. BOURKEHer Majesty's Chargé d' Affaires at Madrid was instructed to present these claims to the Spanish Government in the beginning of December. We have not yet been informed of the answer which they have given to Her Majesty's Chargé d' Affaires.