§ Sir R. ASKEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the recent Report of the Select Committee on Estimates to the effect that the number of Anglo-Gorman eases in the Enemy Debts Department has been reduced only from 1,580 in October 1923, to 1,467 in March last; and whether the Government propose to endeavour to arrange the institution of a third tribunal in order to expedite the liquidation of claims?
Mr. WEBBMy attention has been drawn to the passage in the Report of the Select Committee on Estimates, to which the hon. Member refers. The consent of the German Government has been obtained to the establishment of a Third Division of the Anglo-German Mixed Arbitral Tribunal, and arrangements are being made to set up the Division at the earliest possible moment.