14. Miss Rathboneasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he has considered the request of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents to have the profession of patent agency scheduled as a reserved occupation, on the ground that patent agents are almost, without exception, qualified either as chemists or as mechanical or electrical engineers; and whether he is prepared to do this?
§ Mr. AsshetonIt has been decided to include patent agents and their technical assistants of and over the age of 30 under the Schedule of Reserved Occupations.