Viscountess ASTORasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the value of the assets which the British Delegation of the Commission for the assessment of damage suffered in Turkey have in order to meet claims; whether certain of the larger claimants have already been given something on account; and when it is proposed that the smaller claimants shall be dealt with?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe reparation fund to be distributed by the Inter-Allied Commission for the assessment of damage suffered in Turkey amounts to approximately £5,000,000; the fund is, under Article 7 of the Convention of the 23rd November, 1923, to be distributed by the Commission as a whole to British, French, Italian and Japanese nationals in proportion to the damage suffered by each claimant. There are no assets at the disposal of the British Delegation as apart from the Commission as a whole. The Inter-Allied Commission have made no payments on account up to the present.