§ 44. Mr. BANFIELDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will investigate the practice of dismissing from the Civil Service unestablished messengers and similar employés at the age of 60, whereby they have no means of livelihood between this time and the date when they qualify for an old age pension; and whether in any case he will investigate the extent to which these dismissals are carried out and their effect on the staff in question?
§ Mr. W. S. MORRISONThe age at which unestablished messengers and similar employés shall be called upon to retire is a matter which lies within the discretion of heads of Departments. From inquiries which I have made it appears that, subject to good health and efficiency, unestablished messengers are commonly retained until the age of 65.