§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Minister of Labour whether craft apprentices who have completed their apprenticeship now need to meet any requirements, additional to those set out in the Answer given by him on 16th April, 1957, in order to qualify for extended deferment.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodMy Answer of 16th April, 1957, gave details of certain classes of young men for whom I was76W able to extend the deferment arrangements. There has been no change affecting craft apprentices since then.
The basic conditions are, briefly, that a deferred craft apprentice who has obtained the Ordinary National Certificate within the period of his apprenticeship may have up to two years' extension of deferment to take a Higher National Certificate; a craft apprentice who at the end of his apprenticeship is within one year of taking his Ordinary National Certificate may have a year's extension to sit the examination.