§ Mr. Conwayasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on the position with regard to pension claims by British nationals who have served with the East African Land Forces Organisation;
(2) what is the total number of pension arrangements registered wish Her Majesty's Government relating to service with the East African Land Forces Organisation.
§ Mr. RaisonIt has recently been established that pensions deriving from service with the East African Land Forces Organisation (EALFO) by certain officers who transferred to public service in Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda after the organisation was disbanded in 1960 are eligible for inclusion in the British Government's pensions take-over programme. Four officers' pensions and 24 contingent widows' pensions are affected. The necessary arrangements are in train.
§ Mr. Conwayasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries with which Her Majesty's Government have an agreement to honour pre-independence pension arrangements.
§ Mr. RaisonUnder the programme announced on 11 March 1970, at column 1344–49, Her Majesty's Government have entered into agreements with the following countries under which certain pension entitlements have been or are being taken over:
Antigua Malaysia Barbados Malta Belize Mauritius Botswana Nigeria Burma St. Kitts Cyprus St. Lucia Dominica St. Vincent Fiji Seychelles Gambia Sierra Leone Ghana Singapore Grenada Solomon Islands Guyana Sri Lanka Jamaica Sudan Kenya Swaziland Kiribati Tanzania Lesotho Uganda Malawi Zambia