§ MR. CHIOZZA MONEY (Paddington, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the women supervisors employed in the Bristol Telegraph Department have been forbidden to sit down during the whole of the eight hours' working day; that the only respite allowed them during that time is the thirty minutes rest for dinner; that one of them was recently told that if it was necessary for her to sit down the Department would soon find someone else to do her work; and if he will give instructions that in future suitable periods of rest shall be allowed the women concerned, and that all other employees of the office referred to shall be treated with consideration.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI have looked into the matter, and can assure my hon. friend that he is misinformed in thinking that the women supervisors at Bristol have been forbidden to rest whilst on duty.