HC Deb 22 May 1931 vol 252 c2383
1. Commander SOUTHBY

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty by whom the expenses occasioned by the stay of the Portuguese revolutionary refugees on board H.M.S. "Curlew" will be paid; and will he take steps to ensure that no expense will fall upon either the officers or ships' company of that ship?

The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Mr. A. V. Alexander)

The expenses were paid for by the refugees themselves.