§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will 425W consider making an ex gratia payment to the Government of Malta as part compensation for destruction of nearly half of the island of Filfia by the Royal Navy in using the former gunnery range there.
§ Sir Ian GilmourI have been asked to reply.
The Government of Malta have not requested compensation of the kind described, nor are Her Majesty's Government under any obligation to make such a payment.