HC Deb 19 February 1924 vol 169 cc1585-6W
Mr. R. MORRISON

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will issue instructions that any employé at the Enfield Small Arms Factory of over seven years' service, who desires to take up employment elsewhere, shall be discharged in order that ho may be entitled to receive the bonus to which his years of service entitle him?

Mr. WALSH

Any employé who desires to take up employment elsewhere is at liberty to terminate his employment. This will not, however, render him eligible for a gratuity on discharge. Gratuities on discharge after seven years' service are granted only when it takes place by reason of abolition of the post owing to reduction or reorganization, neither of which conditions at Enfield