HC Deb 09 April 1925 vol 182 c2452W
Colonel WOODCOCK

asked the Minister of Labour the total cost of the buildings at Geneva used by the International Labour Organisation; what sum the British Government has contributed to these buildings, excluding the gift of £4,000 promised in May, 1924, for embellishment; and to whom do the buildings now belong?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

Pending the completion of a new building now in course of erection, the International Labour Office is occupying a building and annexes belonging to private Swiss citizens, at an annual rental of 80,000 Swiss francs. Temporary accommodation is hired each year for the meetings of the International Labour Conference. Particulars of cost and of the British contribution in respect of the new building, now in course of construction, were given in an answer to a question by the hon. and gallant Member for Gloucester (Lieut.-Colonel Horlick) on 1st April. That building will belong to the League of Nations.