HC Deb 09 February 1948 vol 447 c19
42. Mr. John E. Haire

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent he has exercised his powers of retirement of older members of the Foreign Service as conferred upon him by the 1943 Foreign Service Act.

Mr. McNeil

The total number of retirements under the Foreign Service Act, 1943, to the end of 1947 was 17.