HC Deb 28 July 1925 vol 187 cc223-4
41. Mr. H. WILLIAMS

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount paid by Germany in reparation up to the 30th June, together with the share credited to this Country?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Guinness)

The total payments by Germany in cash or kind distributed by the Reparation Commission between the Allied Powers on account of reparation up to the 30th June is, approximately, £160,000,000. This excludes sums allocated to the costs of Armies of Occupation and other prior charges, sums un- allocated, and also the receipts resulting from the occupation of the Ruhr, for which the accounts are not yet settled. Of the above total, the amount debited against the British Empire is approximately £25,000,000, of which the share of the United Kingdom is approximately £22,000,000.

Mr. WILLIAMS

Does the total include the value of State properties in transferred territories?

Mr. GUINNESS

Perhaps the hon. Member will put down another question.