asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any detailed information in connection with the 3,000,000,000-franc contract made by France with the German Government?

If my hon. Friend will give me particulars of the contract to which he refers, I shall be glad to have inquiries made.

I am very much afraid that I have not got the paper cuttings, and, therefore. I do not think I shall be able to supply the information.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information about the reduction made by the German Government in the cost of the military occupation of France?

It was officially announced at Vichy that a reduction of 25 per cent. was contemplated and that negotiations were continuing. The result of these negotiations has not yet been divulged.

Has a similar reduction been made in any other country where military occupation has taken place?

No, Sir, the other countries are all maintaining their engagements to us and maintaining their resistance to Germany. This is a bargain between Vichy and Germany.

What is the return for the bargain? Is it Syria, or the whole of the French Fleet?

My hon. Friend can exercise his imagination.