65. Miss Rathboneasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that in certain cases the friends of would-be refugees from Czecho-Slovakia have deposited with the Treasury, through the Czech Refugee Trust, substantial sums to cover the cost of their transit to this country and subsequent settlement overseas and, in view of the cancellation of all British visas to refugees since the outbreak of war, they have been endeavouring, without success, to recover these sums; and will he arrange for the immediate release of these moneys where desired by the depositors?
§ Captain CrookshankNo such deposits have been made with the Treasury. If there are cases in which such deposits have been made with the voluntary societies or with the trustees of the Czech Refugee Trust Fund, the matter would appear to be one which might be taken up with the trustees.
Miss RathboneIs not the Minister aware that, in certain cases, a reply was received from the Treasury refusing to remit these sums, and that some of these persons have already lost financially owing to the fall in the value of the pound?