§ Mr. GROVESasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the continued refusal to grant compensation to Messrs. George Judd, match manufacturers, of London, East, in respect to damage sustained by enemy aircraft; and whether he proposes to ask Parliament for fresh sums of money in order that such claims can be satisfied?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKThe claim of Messrs. George Judd was dealt with by the Royal Commission on Compensation for Suffering and Damage by Enemy Action, who recommended that a. payment of £2,967 should be made in final settlement of their claim, and this sum was paid. With regard to the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Chancellor or the Exchequer to the hon. Members for the Isle of Thanet (Mr. Harmsworth) and Cardiff East (Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke) on the 12th February.