§ 23. Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyreasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total value of British assets abroad in respect of which His Majesty's Government, under schemes of expropriations proposed by the countries concerned, have been notified by the owners of the assets concerned that they consider the terms of compensation unfair; in how many such cases His Majesty's Government have considered it necessary to make representations to the Government concerned; and in how many cases and to what value His Majesty's Government have secured better terms of compensation.
§ Mr. MayhewThere is no uniform method of calculating the value of such assets and I regret that no quantitative information of the kind required by the hon. and gallant Member is available.