§ Colonel Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what sums under agreement we have already paid over to the Government of Ethiopia; and what use is being made of them.
§ Mr. George HallUnder the terms of the Anglo-Ethiopian agreement of 31st January, 1942 (Command 6334), £1,500,000 sterling were paid to the Ethiopian Government in respect of the year reckoned from that date, £1,000,000 sterling in respect of the subsequent year and, to date, £125,000 sterling in respect of the third year of the currency of the agreement. These sums have been applied to meeting budgetary expenditure in accordance with Article 4 of the agreement, which provides that they shall be used to assist the Emperor of Ethiopia "to re-establish his administration."