§ Mr. Michael Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in how many cases his Department has assumed responsibility for pension payments in former colonial territories, apart from Zambia.
§ Mr. RaisonThe Overseas Development Administration has assumed responsibility for pensions due to certain officers employed in the public services of the following 32 former dependencies: Belize, Botswana, Burma, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, India, Kiribati, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland and Tanzania. Pensions from service under the Palestine Mandate and with the former East African Community are also covered by these arrangements.
Pensions have still to be taken over from the following seven former dependencies: Antigua, Barbados, Somalia, South Yemen, Trinidad, Uganda and Zambia.