HC Deb 30 May 1938 vol 336 cc1636-7
19. Colonel Burton

asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of suggesting to the French Government that, instead of converting 36,000,000 bushels of their surplus wheat into fuel, it should be sent to this country and the value to be considered as a credit against the amount of debt still outstanding from France to this country?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mr. Cross)

I have been asked to reply. I have no knowledge of any intention such as my hon. and gallant Friend refers to in the first part of the question. With regard to the second part, I would remind him that payments in respect of this and similar inter-Governmental debts are suspended, as stated in the footnote on page 6 of the Financial Statement.