§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what official restrictions are placed on the freedom of retiring senior military officers to accept paid employment with foreign business organisations engaged in the production and sale of armaments;
(2) what official limits are placed on the freedom of retiring senior military officers to accept paid employment or directorships in business organisations engaged in the production and sale of armaments.
§ Mr. MasonI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 4th March to my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney, South and Shoreditch (Mr. Brown).—[Vol. 907, c.691–3]—The rules referred to there apply equally to appointments to foreign and to domestic business organisations.