HC Deb 14 November 1951 vol 493 c39W
44. Mr. J. Hynd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps the Government now proposes to take to obtain recovery of the compensation due to this country from Albania under the award of the International Court of Justice.

Mr. Nutting:

His Majesty's Government are awaiting the decision of the arbitration, the arrangements for which were published in White Paper No. Cmd. 8242. The arbitrator has now been appointed and he called a meeting of the agents of the Governments concerned on the 5th of this month at Brussels. The meeting was attended by the agents of the United Kingdom, United States, French and Italian Governments and the arbitrator, after hearing the agents, gave decisions with regard to the procedure to be followed.