§ Mr. Channonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received from the Rhodesian public services associations about the payment of pensions; and what reply he has sent.
§ Mr. RowlandsA number of Members of Parliament and others have passed to me a circular letter they have received from Mr Lennox, president of the Public Services Association enclosing a leaflet entitled "The Payment of Pensions of Rhodesian Civil Servants after Independence". I have replied in detail to the points raised in this leaflet, explaining the British Government's consistently held view that Rhodesian public servants' pensions must be the responsibility of an independent Government of Zimbabwe.