§ 45. Mr. LEONARD LYLEasked the Prime Minister when the Foreign Claims Committee expect to be able to settle with British subjects who have had their property confiscated in Germany?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Bridgeman)I have been asked to reply. The proceeds of the liquidation of the property in Germany of British nationals will be paid to them as soon as they have been credited to this country through the Clearing Offices, but the German Clearing Office is not yet in operation. Further claims for compensation by British nationals whose property has been subjected to exceptional war measures in Germany have to be adjudicated upon by the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal which is being established in accordance with the Treaty of Peace with Germany.