HC Deb 25 May 1921 vol 142 c159W
Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the reconstruction of Hungarian finances by rigid economy and high taxation has led to the suggestion from Roumania and elsewhere that reparations can now be secured from Hungary, and to a proposal to send for that purpose a Reparation Commission to Budapest; and, if so, what is the attitude towards such a proposal of His Majesty's Government?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The Reparation Commission provided for in the Treaty of Trianon is the same Commission as that established by the Treaty of Versailles. The Commission is by Article 163 of the first-named Treaty to constitute a Hungarian Section, but I am not aware of any proposal to set up such a Section before the coming into force of the Treaty with Hungary.