HC Deb 05 May 1958 vol 587 cc74-5W
43. Mr. Awbery

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the difference between the amount now agreed to be paid in compensation to the Suez Canal shareholders and that which was proposed at the time the canal was nationalised; what further steps he is taking, and will take, to bring the claims of the canal pilots and other workers who suffered loss to the notice of the Egyptian Government; and what action he proposes to take in support of these claims.

Commander Noble

The hon. Member for West Ham, North (Mr. Lewis) has today asked a Question relating to the first part of this Question, to which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has made a full written Answer. I would ask the hon. Member to await this reply.

As regards the claims of pilots and other employees of the Canal Company, I have nothing to add to the reply my hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member on 2nd July of last year.