HC Deb 29 July 1958 vol 592 c1136
27. Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will extend the Recovery of Compensation for Malicious Damage Act, introduced by Greek members and passed by the Cyprus Legislative Council in 1931, to cover compensation for crimes of violence in Cyprus.

Mr. Profumo

The Governor is considering whether the amendment of this legislation would help in present circumstances.

Mr. Wall

Does my hon. Friend agree that it might help to check racial violence if, when damage was done to the property of one of these communities and the culprits could not be found, the other community had to pay just compensation?

Mr. Profumo

Those are the sort of things which the Governor is taking into consideration, but my hon. Friend should bear in mind that this violence is often caused by people coming from another district.

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