HC Deb 11 June 1980 vol 986 cc179-80W
Mr. Temple-Morris

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether any compensation was paid to any colonial civil servant who had not completed his probationary period of service when the country in which he was working became independent.

Mr. Neil Marten

All compensation schemes provided for officers serving on probation to become entitled to compensation usually once they had been confirmed in their appointments.

United States as a result of the alert were defensive and designed to safeguard its strategic forces. Approval at the highest political level would be required to initiate retaliatory offensive action.