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British Compensation Claims

Volume 488: debated on Wednesday 30 May 1951

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16.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how far the working draft of the peace treaty with Japan which has been prepared by His Majesty's Government includes provision for meeting the claims of British civilians for compensation for property seized in the Far East, including Burma.

18.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he now proposes to take with regard to the claim of the British Far Eastern prisoners of war for compensation from the Japanese.

I hope to be in a position to make a further statement in two or three weeks' time.