HC Deb 23 October 1940 vol 365 cc1023-4
4. Mr. Noel-Baker

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what date the convent and other property held by the representatives of the Ethiopian Government and members of the Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem, prior to November, 1938, were restored to these owners?

Mr. Butler

The representatives of the Ethiopian Government and the members of the Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem have never been deprived of the properties in question and, therefore, no question arises of restoring them to their owners.