HC Deb 07 March 1946 vol 420 cc110-1W
72. Mr. Haydn Davies

asked the Secretary to the Treasury why, in view of the Government's policy of keeping older men in work, H.M.S.O. have, in the last month, discharged more than 70 men over 65 years of age.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Owing to the return of demobilised men entitled to reinstatement, the Stationery Office on the warehouse side had more labour than it could usefully employ. It is earnestly hoped, however, that those who have been discharged will, in answer to the Prime Minister's appeal, take up other work.