§ 103. Sir P. Hannonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will indicate the policy of His Majesty's Government in the provision of continued employment or appropriate compensation for British nationals in the employment of the League of Nations before its dissolution; and if he will give the numbers of the British personnel employed by the 81W League who were eligible for employment by U.N.O.
Mr. McNeil:The great majority of the officials of the League of Nations Secretariat retired or were suspended on or soon after the outbreak of war and received compensation in addition to sums due to them from the Staff Pensions Fund. They included approximately 100 British subjects, who at once found employment, many of them with Government Departments, or the Armed Forces. A skeleton staff was maintained during the war, the British component numbering 12 on 1st January, 1946, and there was some increase on the occasion of the recent final Assembly of the League. All this staff is eligible for employment by the United Nations Organisation, and is at present being interviewed for that purpose. In the circumstances, no special measures, as contemplated by the hon. Member, appear to be called for, but I can assure him, that if any individual case is brought to my knowledge, it will receive immediate and sympathetic attention.