§ Mrs. Middletonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether he will take steps to ensure that clerical civil servants employed by the Trinidad Government Railway shall be eligible for transfer to other Government Departments;
(2) why clerical workers employed by the Trinidad Government Railway are not eligible for pension on the same terms as other clerical civil servants.
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Mr. Creech JonesThe matters referred to in my hon. Friend's two Questions have formed the subject of a petition addressed to me by the Clerical Officers of the Trinidad Government Railway which is at present under consideration. I will inform my hon. Friend of my decision on these two matters as soon as possible.