§ MR. HERBERT SAMUEL (Yorkshire, N. R., Cleveland)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the petitions presented, in the early months of 1902, from women typists employed in various Government Departments relative to the conditions of their service; will he state whether any answer has been sent to those petitions; and whether the Treasury will be able to grant the improvements in the conditions of employment which are desired by this class of public servants.
(Answered by Mr. Hayes Fisher.) The Papers have only recently been laid before me. I am in communication with the various Departments concerned, and I hope that an early decision may be arrived at.