SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE.

HC Deb 20 May 1936 vol 312 c1200

75. Mr. HEPWORTH

asked the Minister of Labour which countries have ratified up to date the covenant adopted by the International Labour Conference, 1935, proposing 15 years as the minimum age for leaving school?

Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEAD

There is no convention dealing with the school-leaving age.