My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The annual report of the Foreign Compensation Commission for 2007-08 has been laid before Parliament. This is the fifty-third such report. Copies have been placed in the Vote Office. A copy will also be available on the Foreign Compensation Commission's website at www.fcc.gov.uk.

The report provides an account of the commission's activities during the financial year 2007-08 and includes a statement of account for that period. The commission was not engaged in any active distribution programmes during the period in question and operates on a care and maintenance basis.