§ 48. Mr. Edenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he gave permission for the transfer outside the sterling area of money raised by the Lord Mayor's Hungarian Relief Fund; what were the assurances he required as to the use to which the money would be put; and if he is now satisfied that the money has 96W in fact been applied in accordance with the declared aims of the Fund.
§ Mr. du CannI regret that detailed records of Exchange Control applications in 1956 and 1957 are no longer available. It is the practice to allowbona fide charitable organisations to transfer funds abroad against a satisfactory declaration that they will be put to a genuine charitable use, and the House was assured at the time that Exchange Control restrictions would not be allowed to prevent help being given to the Hungarian people. No subsequent investigation is made of the use to which such funds are put.