HC Deb 05 December 1997 vol 302 c370W
Mr. Streeter

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the internal report into the theft of gold from victims of the Holocaust was first made available to ministers in his Department. [19260]

Mr. Doug Henderson

This department published two reports containing information from the British archives on Nazi gold in September 1996 and May 1997. Both reports contain details of the theft of gold by the Nazi regime from governments and individuals. Separately, a draft joint DTI/FCO report about the treatment of enemy property held in the UK during and after World War II was delivered to the office of my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on 1 December. It will be published as soon as possible.