Mr. Ron Brown(Leith): asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to return the Albanian gold held by the Bank of England to the Albanian Government.
§ Mr. RifkindThe Albanian Government have laid claim to gold which is the responsibility of the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold, on which the Governments of the United States and France are equal partners with Her Majesty's Government. There are several claims against Albania or on the gold itself. Her Majesty's Government cannot therefore act unilaterally in the question.