13. Mr. ALLENasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that representations have been made to the Nicaraguan Government in respect of losses of British subjects during the recent disturbances in that country, he is in a position to report that these claims have been satisfied?
Mr. A. HENDERSONA Mixed Claims Commission was set up in 1927 by the Nicaraguan Government to deal with all claims of foreigners arising out of revolutionary disturbances in Nicaragua, and as I informed the hon. Member on the 15th July, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Managua presented 117 British claims of this character to the Nicaraguan Foreign Office. The Mixed Claims Commission originally set up was suspended by the Nicaraguan Government before any progress had been made, but His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Managua has now reported that the Mixed Commission has been reconstituted by presidential decree and that the reconstituted Commission is expected to begin its work in the near future.