HC Deb 16 July 1992 vol 211 cc889-90W
Mr. Cyril D. Townsend

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is the total value of Iraqi funds blocked in the United Kingdom;

(2) what steps he is taking so that the claims of creditors who carried out legitimate trade with Iraq prior to the invasion of Kuwait can be met from Iraqi funds frozen in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Nelson

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Antrim, East (Mr. Beggs) on 13 July,Official Report, column 422.