Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 December 1964.
Mr Dudley Smith
, Brentford and Chiswick
12:00,
7 December 1964
Is the Minister aware that the parrot cry for "young men and more and more young men" is becoming increasingly apparent in the professions and in industry? Is he further aware that because of this growing trend, many middle-aged men with good qualifications both in the professions and in industry, including clerical work, find it increasingly difficult to get work if they are thrown out of employment, and they feel that society has turned its back on them? Does he not feel that his Department ought to give a lead in these matters in what is a serious human problem?
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