Mr. Youngasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he proposes to secure a return of the debts due by Czecho-Slovakian importers to British exporters; what steps he proposes to take to safeguard the interests of United Kingdom traders who have debts in Czecho-Slovakia; and whether, at the cessation of hostilities, debts due from Czecho-Slovakia will be regarded in the same way as debts due from the German Reich and receive the same treatment from the Custodian of Enemy Property?
§ Mr. R. S. HudsonThe question of making a register of debts due from persons in enemy territory and in territory in enemy occupation is receiving careful consideration. The whole subject of the indebtedness to this country of persons in enemy and enemy-occupied territory will be borne in mind, but I am unable to forecast what arrangements it may be found possible to make in respect of the settlement of such debts at the conclusion of peace.