HC Deb 25 June 1956 vol 555 c7W
64. Major Beamish

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement about the future status and treatment of non-Germans who suffered Nazi persecution, in view of the recent decision by the German Parliament and Her Majesty's Government's obligations in this respect.

67. Mr. Anthony Greenwood

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further representations have been made to the Federal Government of Germany by Her Majesty's Government about the refusal of the German Parliament to implement the obligation voluntarily undertaken by the Federal Government in the Bonn Agreements so to amend the law for the compensation of victims of Nazism as to include people persecuted on account of their nationality or national resistance.

Lord John Hope

Her Majesty's Government have these matters very much in mind. Her Majesty's Government have made their views known to the Federal German Government at various times in the past. Since the passage of the new legislation, Her Majesty's Government have drawn the attention of the Federal Government to the fact that the problem of compensation of persons of Allied nationality who were victims of National Socialism has not been settled. Her Majesty's Government are now considering, in conjunction with other Governments, what further steps might be taken.