HC Deb 20 December 1955 vol 547 c306W
Captain Kerby

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that applicants for posts in the colonies are being rejected on sole ground that they are over 45 years of age; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Many of the vacancies which I am asked to fill are in posts involving duties and conditions more suitable to younger men and for which colonial Governments stipulate an upper age limit. When an age limit is specified for a particular post, candidates over that age are necessarily rejected.