§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Minister of Labour whether a general clerk, permanently employed by a trade union in the department of that union paying union sickness benefit to members, is to be reserved at age 35 under the new Schedule of Reserved Occupations; and whether a general clerk, permanently employed by a trade union approved society paying State sickness benefits to members of that approved society, will equally be so reserved?
§ Mr. BevinBoth classes of clerks are at present reserved at the age of 30, and in both cases the age of reservation will be raised to 35 at Stage B, that is to say, in or about July. At Stage C, that is, in or about October, clerks of military age employed by approved societies will cease to be reserved.