Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 December 1949.
Mr Arthur Symonds
, Cambridge
12:00,
8 December 1949
Will my right hon. Friend give second thoughts to the possibility of adjusting the qualifying age to suit the later date of examination? Is he aware that a boy reaching the age of 16 early in September will either have to stay at school another whole year or else take the examination after the leaving age and that that, of course, would be most unsatisfactory? Will he try to avoid over-rigidity in this matter?