asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps His Majesty's Government propose to take against I. G. Farbenindustrie Gesch, and to investigate the methods used by the German Government prior to the war through that firm's international arrangements and connections and control of patents to cripple the war capacity of this country.

This Question concerns complicated matters which have been the subject of much inter-allied discussion. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.