§ 56. Mr. Roland Robinsonasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what progress is being made in the payment of compensation to owners of hotels which have been requisitioned by the Government?
§ Captain CrookshankPayments in settlement or on account of claims for compensation have been made in more than four-fifths of the cases in which particulars of claim have been furnished to the Departments concerned, and negotiations are proceeding for the settlement of outstanding items. I should add that there are a certain number of cases in which the owners or occupiers have not yet presented claims or have not presented claims sufficiently detailed to serve as a basis for payment of compensation.