§ 49. Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the quantity and value of reparation dyes imported into this country; what value has been credited either to Germany or the Reparations Commission; and what is the quantity and value of the sale of them in this country by the Government?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Arthur Michael Samuel)The total quantity of reparation dyestuffs invoiced to His Majesty's Government was 9,523 tons. These have all been disposed of for the total amount of £2,187,167 11s. 2d. The amount debited to His Majesty's Government by the Reparation Commission was 31,297,000 gold marks. No reparation dyestuffs have been imported since 1925.