§ Mr. CROOKSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office whether all employés over sixty and under sixty-five years of age employed at Woolwich Arsenal are to be discharged; if so, whether he will explain the reason for this decision; and whether, in view of 1757W the hardship which will be caused to men who have expected to remain in the service until the retiring age of sixty-five years, this decision will be reconsidered?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONI would refer my right hon. Friend to my reply to a question on the same subject put by the hon. Member for Dartford (Mr. Mills) on the 26th instant, of which I am sending him a copy.