§ 55. Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that under present conditions governing appointments it is impossible for any person qualified as a chartered or incorporated accountant to be admitted into the Civil Service; and whether he will take steps to remove this barrier?
§ Mr. COOPERI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my predecessor on the 6th March, 1933, to, which I have nothing to add.
§ Mr. DAVIESDoes not the hon. Member think it very anomalous that the best qualified young men as accountants in this country can never hope to enter into such a post in any Government Department?
§ Mr. COOPERIt is open to young men to enter the Civil Service and become accountants afterwards.
§ Mr. DAVIESIs it not impossible for them to become chartered accountants. and then enter the Civil Service?
§ Mr. COOPERIt is possible for a young man to equip himself by passing the necessary examination after entering the Civil Service. If he passes the examination before then, he becomes too, old to enter the Civil Service in the ordinary way.