§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the draft EU-US Understanding on Cuba of 18 May will require EU countries not to encourage investment in property nationalised from Cuban nationals who subsequently acquired US nationality. [50050]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonThe disciplines on investment in expropriated property agreed as part of the EU/US Understanding signed on 18 May include a denial of government support to new investment in properties expropriated in contravention of international law. Each case would have to be considered on an individual basis. There are no specific provisions concerning properties which belonged to individuals who were Cuban citizens at the time of their expropriation and who subsequently became US citizens.