§ 52. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, since the revised Governors Pensions Act was passed in 1911, any and, if so, which retired colonial governors have received the permission of the Secretary of State to take a directorship in a company operating in a territory where he has recently held office; and whether in any such case the pension continued to be paid?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Amery)If the right hon. and gallant Member will refer to the answer I gave him on the 5th April, he will see that the date in point is not 1911, but 1913, when the Rule was laid down. Since that date, so far as can be ascertained, only one retired governor has received the permission of the Secretary of State to accept a directorship in a company operating in a territory which he formerly governed. This was the right hon. Sir Frederick Lugard, who is a director of a bank whose operations extend, however, to many other parts of the world besides the territory in question. The pension continues to be paid.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODThe pension continues to be paid in that case?