§ Dr. A. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number and percentage of foreign service officers, in the senior branch, whose fathers held or are holding foreign service posts.
§ Mr. R. AllanAccording to the available records, two members of the Senior Branch are the sons of present members of the Foreign Service; nine of former members of the post-war Foreign Service; seven of former members of the pre-war Diplomatic Service and six88W of former members of the pre-war Consular Service—a total of twenty-four. The Senior Branch numbers about 730. The percentage is thus about 3 per cent.
§ Dr. A. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of foreign service officers who have previously held full-time appointments in education, industry, trade unions, journalism, and in the home Civil Service.
§ Mr. R. AllanFour hundred and fifty-four of the 1,250 members of the commissioned grades of the Foreign Service have held appointments of this kind.