63. Mr. DENNISSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that young men who break their apprenticeship to join the Army for the duration of the War will not, in ordinary circumstances, be recognised after the War either by employers or trade unions as journeymen or tradesmen and are thus put under disability for the rest of their lives, that there are thousands of such cases, and that thousands of young men are held back from enlisting from this cause; and will he see if something can be done to remedy this difficulty?
§ Mr. TENNANTI know of no power by which employers can be compelled to allow the resumption of an interrupted apprenticeship. It is known that in many cases they have voluntarily promised to permit the apprentice to resume and I believe that when the case is brought before them employers will be glad to follow this example.