§ Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI should be grateful for the opportunity to make some brief observations on this Clause so that there shall be no possible misunderstanding. I want to make it quite clear that, in addition to the specific provisions in the Bill for the payment of pensions by virtue of Clause 6 (1), which include lump sums or gratuities by way of compensation or otherwise, it will be necessary for Her Majesty's Government to pay, under the Special List agreements with Nigeria, half of an officer's salary and allowances while he is unemployed.
Similar payments in respect of the remuneration of officers and their travelling expenses will no doubt be necessary under other Special List agreements yet to be concluded, and in respect of officers appointed to the Central Pool.
It is the Government's hope to be able to arrange for such payments to be reimbursed to the maximum possible extent by the overseas Governments as under the Special List arrangements. Provision for the receipt of such reimbursements by overseas Governments and for other receipts, such as pension contributions payable by the officers themselves, is made in subsection (2) of the Clause.
I wanted to stress that fact lest it should be thought that by concentrating on pensions and pension contributions this most important aspect of pay had been forgotten.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Clause ordered to stand part of the Bill.
420§ Clauses 6 and 7 ordered to stand part of the Bill.