§ Mr. CONNOLLYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of shipping tonnage received from Germany by Great Britain under Article 8 of the Versailles Treaty; the amount received or seized in default of payment of gold marks; the amount of tonnage received from all sources during 1925; and the amount, if any, on the market for sale at the present time?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI have been asked to reply. The total amount of tonnage received by Great Britain in reparation for Germany under Annex VIII of the Treaty of Versailles, was 1,974,628 tons gross, of which 28,495 tons gross were received this year. The whole of this tonnage has been disposed of. No other tonnage has been delivered during the year, and no tonnage has been received or seized in respect of any default in the payment of gold marks.
Major HARVEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sum received up to date by Great Britain from Germany in payment of her debts; and how much is still owing?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe total sum received up to 31st October, 1925, by Great Britain from Germany is about £80,000,000 in respect of cost of occupation, reparation and other obligations due to His Majesty's Government and £24,000,000 in respect of pre-War private debts dealt1632W with through the Clearing Office, or £104,000,000 in all. It is not possible to give a definite answer to the second part of the question. Germany is paying the full amounts for which she is now liable under international agreements, but no reliable estimates can be made of the total payments still to be received.