§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that there are a number of retired senior officers of His Majesty's forces with considerable service pensions employed in administrative positions in the Ministry of Pensions, carrying full-time administrative salaries, he will now give instructions that ex-officers and men who have fought in His Majesty's forces during the War, who have held administrative posts for several years in other Government Departments, and whose services are now, or will shortly, become redundant, shall be considered with a view to immediate substitution in such posts where their past successful administrative abilities might render them specially suitable?
§ Major TRYONI have been asked to reply to this question. The retired senior officers mentioned are employed in responsible positions for which they are specially suitable. Proposals are under consideration which may lead to a reduction in their numbers in the near future, but I am satisfied that any further change, such as their substitution by persons who have no experience of pensions administration, would at this stage not be in the interests of the pensioners.