§ Mr. HANCOCKasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the full pay and allowances of the President of Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control, which are recoverable from Germany, are actually now being paid by that country?
Mr. YOUNGThe expenses of the Inter-Allied Commissions of Control in Germany (including the full pay and allowances of the President of the Naval Commission) are being dealt with as part of the costs of the Allied Armies of Occupation. Such costs are, for the period from 1st May, 1921, to 31st December, 1922, being charged against deliveries in kind, including the proceeds of the German Reparation (Recovery) Act. Subject, therefore, to the qualification that a portion of the cost of the British Army of Occupation up to 1st May, 1921, remains as yet undischarged, it may be said that the current costs of occupation, including the Commissions of Control, are now being actually paid by Germany to this country.