§ Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the review of the allowances paid to British staff in the public service of Fiji originally scheduled to be conducted in January is to be brought to a conclusion; what steps have been taken to keep the appropriate staff association fully informed of the basis and timing of the proposed review: and when the staff may expect to be advised of the result.
§ Mr. WoodI expect next week to complete the first review of the allowances of certain groups of professional British staff in the public service of Fiji, in accordance with the answer I gave to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Darwen (Mr. Fletcher-Cooke) on 8th June last year.—[Vol. 838, c.151-2.] The new rates of allowances come into effect from 1st January 1973 and will be made available to staff, with the Fiji Government's agreement, as soon as possible after that.