§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the President of the Board of 49W Trade if he is aware that Lord Sumner's Commission in their first Report described the funds placed at their disposal for meeting reparation claims as inadequate; if £5,690,000 has been paid to the Exchequer by Germany, in addition to £223,000,000 paid for distribution between the Allies; and, if so, whether His Majesty's Government will consider dealing more generously with these cases?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI am aware of the fact stated in the first part of the question; with regard to the second part of the question, Great Britain is debited in the accounts of the Reparation Commission as having received on reparation account, as at 31st December, 1922, 113,817,000 gold marks or, say, £5,690,000. The sums debited to the other Allies were 2,230,000,000 gold marks, or £111,500,000, of which some £72,000,000 went to Belgium for her priority. In reply to the last part of the question, I would refer to the reply which I gave on the 3rd May to the hon. Member for York (Sir J. Butcher).