§ 23. Mr. C. WILLIAMS (for Sir BASIL PETO)asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies out of what funds claims for suffering and damage by enemy action, arising in the Colonies, have been paid; whether any of such claims have been met out of funds placed at the disposal of the Sumner Commission; and whether such claims arising in the Colonies have been paid in full?
§ Mr. LUNNI have been asked to reply to this question. Claims by Colonial claimants for suffering and damage arising in the Colonies are paid from a fund established by the share in the reparation receipts from Germany allotted to the non-self-governing Colonies and Pro- 1747 tectorates, which fund is administered from the Colonial Office. No such claims have been met from monies voted by the United Kingdom Parliament for the payment of awards recommended by the Sumner Commission. Colonial claimants are paid the full amount awarded on such claims after the prescribed assessment. Colonial claimants desiring to make claims in respect of damage suffered in Turkey are not entitled to direct such claims against the fund administered from the Colonial Office. Claims made by British nationals domiciled in the United Kingdom for damage from enemy action arising in the Colonies would not be for the consideration of the Colonial Office, which is only concerned with claims by British nationals domiciled in the Colonies or Protectorates.