HC Deb 16 July 1946 vol 425 c180W
108. Commander Maitland

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider reducing the age, of 3o years, below which at present it is impossible for a young man to obtain a compassionate release on one-man business grounds

Mr. Lawson

Age is not an absolute bar. The real restriction in these cases is the exclusion, at present, of men in age and service groups 50 or later, and the object is to prevent delay in the Class A release of older men.