HC Deb 24 June 1913 vol 54 c971
57. Mr. EDMUND HARVEY

asked whether, in view of the statement in the Report of the Select Committee on the Putumayo atrocities that the large sums of money which appear in the accounts of the Peruvian Amazon Company as having been expended in order to reduce the Indians to subjection were payments ultra vires, the Official Receiver will take steps to recover these amounts from the directors?

Mr. ROBERTSON

The investigations of the Official Receiver into the affairs of the Peruvian Amazon Company, Limited, have not yet been carried far enough to enable him to determine whether the case is one in which he can take action of the nature indicated in my hon. Friend's question.

Mr. MORRELL

When will the hon. Gentleman be in a position to know?