§ Mr. STEWARTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the post of Colonial Secretary to the Government of Cyprus is outside the ordinary course of promotion from within the Colonial Service; was it recently given to a captain in the Royal Artillery owing to there being no Colonial Civil servants capable of doing the work; and, if not, why are the whole of the Colonial Office Civil Service passed over?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Harcourt)The officer recently appointed to this post was a member of the Colonial Service, having held the office of Resident in Northern Nigeria for more than seven years.