Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for War whether any, and, if so, what arrangements are to be made to deal with the cases of apprentices who are awaiting demobilisation and cannot complete their intermediate and final qualifying examinations; and whether some legal provision will be made for extending the period of the articles of apprentices so situated?
§ Mr. FORSTERI am not sure that I quite understand my hon. Friend's question, but as regards assistance for persons whose apprenticeship was interrupted by service in His Majesty's Forces, I would refer to the scheme announced by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour in reply to a question by the hon. Member for Drake on the 31st March last.