§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Lord Privy Seal what is the current value of the Albanian gold reserves which were impounded by the Bank of England at the end of the last war; and in what circumstances this Government will agree to the returning of these reserves to Albania.
§ Mr. BlakerThere are no such reserves. The Bank of England holds, for the tripartite commission for the restitution of monetary gold, some gold formerly belonging to the pre-war Bank of Albania. There are several claims to this gold and its return does not depend on the British Government alone.