§ 15. Mr. GRAHAM WHITEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies under what international convention Cyprus was made liable to contribute £42,000 annually to the Ottoman public debt from 1914 to 1927?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe payment was not made under an international convention. An explanation of the position will be found on page 17 of Command Paper No. 3477 of 1930, of which I am sending a copy to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. McSHANEWill the hon. Gentleman consider the abolition of this liability, in view of the financially straitened circumstances of Cyprus to-day?
§ Dr. SHIELSI have already indicated, in reply to other questions on the subject, the position of the Government in regard to this matter.