This led to the Parliament of the United Kingdom discussing what to do with Alderney as land ownership markers and official papers had been destroyed in the war and Alderney's economy was stagnating as a result of more than half of the islanders not returning.
This led to a parliamentary examination of what to do with Alderney, where issues stemming from wartime destruction of land ownership markers and official papers were compounded by the economic hardship faced by the island due to an unusually high number of its citizens not returning home.