§ Mr. KILEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that application has been made to the German Government to refund amounts collected under the German Reparation (Recovery) Act, and that the German Government have refused to pay the same, despite the statement published in the Board of Trade Journal on 3rd December that they would do so, the reason given being that they did not undertake that this should be done till the 1st May, therefore amounts paid on the 27th April are outside the scope of this arrangement; and can he say if, under these circumstances, 77W he is prepared to place those who imported goods on the 27th April on the same basis as those who imported on the 1st May?
Mr. YOUNGI understand that the German Government will be prepared to reimburse amounts levied under the Separation (Recovery) Act prior to 1st May, 1921, if the Reparation Commission decide to credit the amounts levied before this date on account of the annuities under the schedule of payments. I am informed that the Commission is likely to reach a decision upon this question at an early date.