§ LORD STRANGasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the answers given by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs to supplementary questions in this House on November 8 about British property in Cuba indicate any change in their views on the relevance of international law to acts of expropriation.
§ THE EARL OF DUNDEENo. My answers certainly do not denote any change in the settled view of Her Majesty's Government, which has been stated publicly on many occasions, namely, that the expropriation of the property of foreigners is not simply a matter to be determined by the domestic law of the expropriating country, but is one to which recognised principles of international law apply—in particular, the principle that the expropriation of such property is unlawful unless prompt, adequate and effective compensation is paid. Her Majesty's Government continue to attach the utmost importance to the observance of the principles of international law in this field, as indeed in all others.
House adjourned at twenty-seven minutes past seven o'clock.