HC Deb 16 June 1948 vol 452 c407
12. Mr Platts-Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when it is proposed to resume the delivery of reparations from in Western Germany in the proportions allocated under the Potsdam Agreement.

Mr Bevin

No date has been fixed.

Mr. Platts-Mills

Not having heard the answer, but anticipating a great deal of what the right hon. Gentleman said, may I ask him, in view of the fact that some 80 per cent. of German heavy industry, and therefore of war potential remains in Western Germany unscathed, does he not think it high time that we got on with the distribution of reparations to the 18 countries concerned?

Mr. Bevin

The Question asked when it was proposed to resume deliveries, and I said that no date had yet been fixed. What we ought to do about reparations was not in the Question.

Back to