HC Deb 11 July 1955 vol 543 c133W
54. Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the amount of compensation and damages received from the Egyptian Government in respect of the detention of the "Empire Roash" on 1st July, 1951.

Mr. Turton

A claim for £1,553 was presented to the Egyptian Government on 8th March, 1952, but in view of the waiver of claims under the Anglo-Egyptian Agreement on the Suez Canal Base of October last, this claim was not pressed.