HC Deb 16 July 1924 vol 176 cc341-2
12. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the money agreed to be paid by the Russian Government in compensation for the arrest of the British trawlers on the Murmansk coast has been paid; what is the amount; who is administering the distribution of the money; and what is the amount to be paid to the dependants of those fishermen who lost their lives?

Mr. PONSONBY

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative; to the second part, £30,103 has been paid by the Soviet Government; to the third part, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, to whom the last part of the question should be addressed.