asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he first received representations about the levels of pensions and benefits paid to retired expatriate officers and their dependants who formerly served on the Malayan Establishment; and what reply he has given to such representations.

In September, 1970. I said that the matter was being raised with the Malaysian authorities.The Head of my Pensions Branch raised it again in Kuala Lumpur last month, but was told that the Government of Malaysia was not prepared to change the arrangements in regard to the pensioners concerned.