Sir J. D. REESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the actual payments made on account of the League of Nations; and whether he can state what further expenditure on this account is contemplated?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe payments made to the funds of the League of Nations by His Majesty's Government amounted in the past financial year to £23,000. A sum of £40,000 has been provided in the Vote for Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1920–21, for possible payments in the current year, but no such payments have yet been made. I do not feel able to give an estimate of the amount of the contribution which, under the terms of the Covenant, His Majesty's Government is likely to be called upon to make to the expenditure of the League in subsequent years.