HC Deb 05 May 1969 vol 783 c1W
1. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many senior officials of the former Commonwealth Official are to be prematurely retired to correspond with the senior diplomats he is retiring.

Mr. M. Stewart

As the hon. Member is aware, since 1965 the Diplomatic Service has included members of both the former Foreign Service and the Commonwealth Service, and others. Of those members of the Diplomatic Service who are to be retired prematurely under the arrangements described in my reply of 26th March to my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, East (Mr. Robert Howarth) about a quarter were formerly members of the Commonwealth Service.—[Vol. 780, c. 318–9.]

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