HC Deb 07 April 1919 vol 114 c1656
52. Lieut.-Colonel CLAUDE LOWTHER

asked whether the late Government appointed a Commission of men they considered fully versed in matters of world's finance to inquire into the subject of the enemy countries' capacity to pay indemnities; whether that Commission included Mr. Hughes, Mr. Hewins, and Mr. Walter Long; and whether they reported that the enemy could, given time, pay a sum of not less than £20,000,000,000 sterling in discharge of the Allies' war debt?

Mr. BONAR LAW

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the last part of the question, I cannot add anything to the reply given to my hon. Friend on the 17th of March.