§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the approximate value of the ex-enemy private property confiscated to date under the terms of the Treaties of Peace?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEI have been asked to reply. No property has been confiscated. According to figures supplied by the Public Trustee, the nominal value of the property in the United Kingdom of ex-enemies which is charged in accordance with the terms of the Treaties of Peace is about £170,000,000. This includes a sum of approximately £40,000,000 cash received as the result of the realisation of assets belonging to former enemies, but it is not possible to give an estimate of the value of the property which has not been realised.