HC Deb 24 October 1949 vol 468 c1009
57. Mr. Skeffington-Lodge

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on German reparations.

Mr. Mayhew

No, Sir. I have nothing to add to the statement which my right hon. Friend made on 19th October in answer to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for South Ayrshire (Mr. Emrys Hughes).

Mr. Skeffington-Lodge

Can my hon. Friend tell me whether, once the dismantling is out of the way, the Government will consider dropping the question of all further reparations from Germany?

Mr. Mayhew

So far as I can see, the termination of dismantling would be the end of reparations.