Mr. Pat Mellon:

I will make a quick point. Getting rid of mandatory retirement does not mean offering a permanent contract of employment regardless of a person's ability to do a job. It does not change that a person is hired for a specific post or is doing a specific job. Rights work both ways. The employer has rights. Fair exchange is not robbery. It is just getting rid of the idea of an employer using this crude tool to say at a certain age that a person must go. That right has nothing to do with ability.