HC Deb 30 July 1952 vol 504 c145W
86. Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's High Commissioner in Austria has yet given his approval to recent legislation in that country reinstating a considerable number of former Nazis in their previous offices and compensating them for their dismissal and demotion.

Mr. Nutting

No. Certain legislative measures designed not only to relieve penalties imposed upon former Nazis, but also to extend the present restitution and compensation procedures for the benefit of their victims, have been approved by the Austrian Parliament, but these measures have not yet been submitted to the Allied Council for their approval.