HC Deb 23 February 1932 vol 262 c214
64. Rear-Admiral SUETER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total amount the League of Nations has cost since its inception; and what is the amount Great Britain has contributed?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Eden)

The expenditure of the League since it was founded until the end of 1931 amounted to £11,079,090. The contribution made by Great Britain for the same period amounts to, approximately, £1,080,000.

Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL

Can the hon. Gentleman say how much of that we had to pay for other countries who were in default?

Mr. EDEN

Not without notice, but I think nothing.

Mr. THORNE

Does not the hon. Gentleman think that this is money much better spent than on fiddling about with tariffs?

Mr. MANDER

Is it not a fact that we are spending about one-thousandth part on the League of Nations that we are spending in preparation for war?