§ 72. Colonel Gomme-Duncanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now allow a sum not exceeding £500, exclusive of the cost of making, to be sent to France to cover the despatch and erection of the War Memorial of the 15th Scottish Division.
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§ Sir S. CrippsI am anxious to do all that is possible to assist in these cases and have in consequence re-examined the matter. Where such memorials are to be erected in a country whose currency is soft, as in the case of France, I am prepared, so long as the currency remains soft, to allow the transfer of a sum not exceeding £5,000 to cover the total expenditure, whether in cash or in goods, on the erection of a divisional memorial. This will not be possible in regard to hard currency countries, such as Belgium, where it would entail the payment of gold.