§ MR. SUMMERBELLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received particulars as to the fees charged by registry offices | to male applicants for situations; and, if so, whether it is his intention to take any action in regard to the matter, in view of the information that has been supplied to him.
*TIIE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE, Leeds, W)In consequence of an Answer which I gave in May last† to the hon. Member for Blackburn on this subject I have received from the Caterers' Employees' Union particulars of alleged excessive or fraudulent charges at certain offices, and I am investigating the matter.
† See (4) Debates, clvi., 716.