HC Deb 14 March 1923 vol 161 c1584W
Mr. A. HERBERT

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what facilities minorities are given in Rumania for education in their own language?

Mr. McNEILL

Articles 9 and 10 of the Rumanian Minorities Treaty establish the right of the racial and linguistic minorities in that country to educate their children through the medium of their own language. In accordance with the draft of the new Constitution which was laid before the Rumanian Chamber last month, these rights are to form the subject of special legislative measures the text of which has not yet been communicated to His Majesty's Government.

Mr. HERBERT

also asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what percentage of estates belonging to individuals of the minorities in Rumania have been confiscated?

Mr. McNEILL

If the hon. Member refers to landed estates affected by the Rumanian agrarian law, I regret I am unable to give exact statistics.