§ 70. Major GLYNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether any date has been fixed by which the French Government will be in a position to decide which of the railways laid down in France for war purposes it is proposed to retain, in order that those other railway tracks, which at the request of the French Government have also been left, may be removed forthwith, and the claims for the land being reconditioned and rents settled proceeded with without further delay?
Mr. HOPEThe answer to this question is in the negative. I am sending to my hon. and gallant Friend an extract from the agreement under which the sale of transportation assets in France was effected to the French Government in so far as it relates to the compensation payable for the occupation of land.
§ Major GLYNMay I ask the hon. Gentleman to inquire, in respect of such arrangements, how much it is now costing the War Office?