§ 19. Mr. J. HARRISasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Council of the League of Nations has under consideration a proposal for the settlement of 50,000 Armenian refugees in the Erivan Republic, and that towards the expenditure involved the French Government has just agreed to give the sum of 335,000 French francs; and whether His Majesty's Government is prepared to consider giving any financial assistance to this project?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer to the first and second parts of the question is in the affirmative. In regard to the last part of the question, no formal application from the League for financial assistance for this particular project has yet been received. I must say, however, that the amount already spent by His Majesty's Government on refugees in the Near East is no large that I cannot hold out the hope that any such application would be favourably entertained.