§ Squadron-Leader Hollisasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the ruling that persons over 30 years of age are too old to enter the Civil Service was made in the light of the manpower situation of the country now divulged and is to be adhered to in view of the Prime Minister's recent appeal to employers to give opportunities of employment to elderly people.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer which my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Eccles (Mr. Proctor) on 26th February. I would add that there is no upper age limit for recruitment to most temporary posts in the Civil Service, and the Service is most anxious at the moment to utilise the services of persons of all ages in such posts.