55. Captain BENNasked the Prime Minister whether a new plan for German reparations is being prepared by a Franco-Belgian Commission; whether any British representative is participating; and whether His Majesty's Government will assent to any decisions arrived at in the matter of reparations without its participation?
§ Mr. BALDWINI have no information in regard to the first part of the question beyond the statements which have appeared in the public Press. The answer to the second and third parts of the question is in the negative.