§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state the youngest age at which persons, male and female, may be employed in any branch of the Civil Service?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ColvilleThe youngest age at which persons, male and female, may be employed in any branch of the Civil Service is when they are legally exempt from attendance at school, i.e. at the end of the term in which they reach the age of 14.