§ 73. Mr. J. Harrisonasked the Minister of Labour if he will reconsider the decision to call up apprentices in the printing trades after five years as apprentices instead of the normal six years, in view of the fact that in most cases this places the apprentices in a disadvantageous position when taking final and City and Guilds Examinations.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe arrangement under which apprentices in the printing trades are granted deferment of call-up to complete five years' actual craft training is in accordance with the apprenticeship training agreements made between the various employers' organisations and trade unions concerned. Where at the end of five years' craft training a young man has reached an advanced stage in his studies and is shortly due to take an approved examination such as that referred to, further deferment may be allowed to take the examination.