§ Mr. LUPTONasked the right hon. Gentleman if apprentices at Admiralty dockyards are required to be vaccinated before being allowed to start work; whether such apprentices must also be revaccinated; whether in the event of vaccination causing serious indisposition, the apprentices receive full pay; and what provision in the regulations governing Admiralty servants permits the enforcement of this operation?
§ Mr. McKENNACandidates must produce certificates to the satisfaction of the medical officer that they have been re-vaccinated, or they must be re-vaccinated, and must have recovered from re-vaccination before they can be considered eligible for entry into a dockyard.
§ Mr. LUPTONAre we to understand that a candidate before entering the dockyard is to be made ill, and then his application will be considered?
§ Mr. McKENNAI do not agree with the allegations contained in the supposed facts put forward by my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. JOHN WARDSupposing a lad injured his health as a result of vaccination, would he then be prevented from joining the Navy or the dockyard, as the case might be?
§ Mr. McKENNAAn apprentice must in any case have recovered from any indisposition caused by vaccination before he enters upon work in the dockyard.
§ Mr. LUPTONWill the right hon. Gentleman state whether an apprentice is paid for the time during which he is ill?
§ Mr. McKENNAHe does not enter upon work in the dockyard until he has recovered.