HC Deb 11 October 1946 vol 427 c102W
Sir J. Mellor

asked the Secretary of State for War what steps he has taken during the past two months to restore to Maltese British subjects their property which the Italian Government confiscated in Tripoli.

Mr. Bellenger

All property of Maltese British subjects previously sequestrated by the Italians and subsequently taken into custody by the British Military Administration, has now been restored to its proven owners in Tripolitania or to their next-of-kin. The only property now held by the British Military Administration in Tripolitania is that belonging to those absentee Maltese British subjects whom the authorities have been unable to locate.