asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the provisions of the Peace Treaty with Austria, which oblige Austrian debtors to settle their debts with British nationals at the pre-war rate of exchange in sterling, plus 5 per cent. interest per annum, this also implies an obligation on the part of the Austrian Government to see that their nationals make provision for the full settlement, now or later, of their pre-war indebtedness to British nationals, or whether His Majesty's Government are in a position to require that the Austrian Government shall accept responsibility for the settlement of any deficit occurring to British creditors?