§ Mr. LAWSONasked the Minister of Pensions whether, on the amalgamation of the Northern and Yorkshire regions, it is proposed to terminate the appointment of the regional awards officer, Northern region, an officer who lost a leg in the War and has given some six years' valuable and efficient service to the Ministry; whether it is proposed to appoint in his place a permanent civil servant who saw no service with the forces during the War; and, if so, whether he 1520W will reconsider the matter and recommend that the regional awards officer of the Northern region be made a permanent civil servant and retained in his present position?
§ Captain CRAIGThe posts of regional awards officer, Northern and Yorkshire regions, will be combined, and it is proposed to appoint the regional awards officer, Yorkshire, who is a senior officer of great experience, to the new post, the duties of which will be considerably more onerous. The present regional awards officer, Northern region, will be appointed regional awards officer in another region if he does not prefer to stay in Newcastle as deputy-regional awards officer, and it is understood that he is quite content with this arrangement.