§ Mr. KENNEDYasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that ex-service men before being accepted for training are asked to sign a form of agreement that their training may be terminated at any time by the Minister of Labour without any cause assigned; and if he will consider the withdrawal of this condition, in view of the likelihood that it would repel the better type of trainee, who would naturally expect that his training should extend over an agreed period which would not be liable to interruption?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThe form of agreement to which my hon. Friend refers is in the following terms
I understand and agree that my training may be terminated at any time by the Minister of Labour without any cause assigned.It is necessary to have the declaration in order to enable the Department to reconsider the trainee's position in certain cases, e.g., where it has become clear that the trainee is not capable of gaining any benefit from the training. It has not been found that trainees have raised any objections to signing this declaration.