HL Deb 11 March 1996 vol 570 c43WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they can give an assurance that when Mr. Mark Higson left the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he did not suffer any penalty for voluntary unemployment.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)

I can confirm that Mr. Mark Higson did not suffer any penalty for voluntary unemployment when he left the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in February 1990.