§ 56. Mr. Gordon Macdonaldasked the Minister of Supply whether he has now removed the question of any upper age-limit in the recruitment of labour at the Royal Ordnance Factory of which he has been informed, leaving fitness to be the only consideration?
§ Colonel LlewellinNo absolute upper age-limit for entry of labour at this factory has at any time been laid down. The present practice is to treat industrial 26 suitability as the governing consideration and for persons who are physically fit for the work required not to be excluded on grounds of age.