§ Captain TERRELLasked the President of the Board of Trade when the allocations made under the Final Report of the Reparation Claims Commission are to be actually paid; and whether he is aware that the delay in making these payments is causing distress among the potential recipients who have nothing to live on?
Mr. WEBBPayable orders have been issued in payment of the awards of the Royal Commission out of the £5,000,000, except in the comparatively small number of cases where either the persons entitled have not been ascertained, or where the assignments recommended in paragraph 21 of the Final Report of the Commission have not been received, or, in the case of French claims, where the assessments have not yet been received.