The authorised rate for the exchange of Reichsmarks in circulation in Jersey and Guernsey when the Islands were liberated was 9.36 to £1. In Guernsey, on the capitulation of the German forces but before the arrival of the liberation force, the Island authorities had exchanged Reichsmarks at the rate of 10 to £1 up to a limit of £20 per person. As to the second part of the Question, as I indicated in reply to the Question by the hon. Member on 24th July, considerable assistance has already been given towards the Island's recovery by the provision of stores, goods and services: but this has necessarily been limited to rehabilitation, and the cost of compensation for war losses could not properly be placed on the British taxpayer.