§ 88. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of Labour in what categories of jobs replacement vacancies under the National Service Acts have to be notified to the local employment exchanges.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThere is no statutory requirement under the National Service Acts to notify replacement vacancies. In the case of an agricultural worker, however, one of the conditions on which deferment is granted is that the employer must endeavour to release the man to do his National Service by rearrangement of the work or by finding a substitute, and it is expected, where necessary, that he should notify a vacancy for a replacement and thereby obtain the help of the employment exchange service.
§ 89. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of Labour what was the total number of vacancies notified at the employment exchanges throughout the United Kingdom at the most recent convenient date; and how many of these were replacement vacancies under the National Service Acts.
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§ Mr. Iain MacleodOn 4th February, 1959, 155,176 vacancies notified to employment exchanges in the United Kingdom remained unfilled. Of these, 20,026 had been notified by employers to replace workers at present deferred from National Service.