Oral Answers to Questions — Peace Treaties. – in the House of Commons at on 2 March 1922.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the whole or any part of the £5,000,000 to be provided by Germany as compensation for suffering and damage by enemy action in the late War has yet been received; whether the Royal Commission appointed to make recommendations as to the distribution of this sum has yet begun its work; and what steps are being taken to hasten a settlement of these claims?
I would refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given in reply to a similar question by the hon. and gallant Member for the Hexham Division (Major D. C. Brown) on the 14th February last.
Will the right hon. Gentleman say if no compensation will be granted for enemy damage until the £5,000,000 has been received?
We have taken into consideration the anticipation of payments in the course of the next financial year.