HC Deb 12 July 1955 vol 543 cc159-60W
77. Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the difficulties men over 50 years of age in the executive class have in gaining employment in trade and industry; and

NOTIFICATIONS OF DYSENTERY IN EACH QUARTER BETWEEN 1ST JANUARY, 1950, AND 31ST MARCH, 1955
— Scotland Glasgow Edinburgh Dundee Aberdeen
1950–1st quarter … … 925 382 117 161 11
2nd quarter … … 1,516 793 154 204 22
3rd quarter … … 1,265 620 167 67 16
4th quarter … … 1,889 778 223 130 19
1951–1st quarter … … 2,570 526 572 257 150
2nd quarter … … 1,660 483 312 94 59
3rd quarter … … 933 342 206 90 15
4th quarter … … 841 360 107 51 14
1952–1st quarter … … 815 399 63 67 1
2nd quarter … … 844 573 59 92 4
3rd quarter … … 972 703 74 48 4
4th quarter … … 1,190 696 66 85 12
1953–1st quarter … … 1,416 513 171 231 43
2nd quarter … … 1,371 624 229 128 31
3rd quarter … … 1,170 602 147 80 12
4th quarter … … 2,117 1,086 276 113 30
1954–1st quarter … … 3,032 1,598 408 257 56
2nd quarter … … 3,811 2,399 353 137 38
3rd quarter … … 2,079 1,323 189 54 16
4th quarter … … 2,451 1,323 275 249 35
1955–1st quarter … … 3,786 1,255 401 586 177

what further steps he will take to improve their chances of employment.

Mr. Watkinson

I fully realise the impjortance of these problems, and the National Advisory Committee on the Employment of Older Men and Women gave them special consideration in their First Report. There are special difficulties about the engagement of older people for managerial and executive employment, but the Committee recommended that in this field, as elsewhere, the general criterion should be capacity and not age. Our task is to convince employers of this, and we will continue to take every opportunity of doing so.

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