43. Mr. GRAHAM WHITEasked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some employers of juveniles make a practice of dismissing them when they reach the age of 16 and of replacing them by boys or girls who have just left school; and, if so, what steps does he propose to take to discourage this practice?
§ Sir M. BARLOWI have no evidence that the practice referred to is at all general, and for obvious reasons it would be difficult to deal with it by means of official action. The juvenile employment committees, however, which exist in most of the larger towns, are well qualified to take such action as is likely to be useful by way of persuasion and advice.