§ Mr. Masonasked the Postmaster General if he will publish a list of the administrative, executive and technical officers of his Department with salaries of more than £1,500 per annum who on resigning or retiring during 1946–51 took up posts with industrial firms, signifying which of these did so within two years of leaving the Civil Service in cases requiring the approval of his Department, and also naming the firms they joined; and if he will indicate how many of those so affected were specially kept on until the end of the war period.
§ Mr. BevinsWe would have information only of those cases in which the approval of my Department was required. There were none during 1946–1951.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Postmaster General how many civil servants in his Department during the past 10 years have waived any part of their pension rights when accepting posts in industrial firms within two years of their retirement from the Civil Service.