HC Deb 11 July 1911 vol 28 c189
Mr. RAMSAY MACDONALD

asked (1) whether the figures of the actuaries in the Memoranda on the Insurance Bill with regard to the employment of women, especially those who are spinsters, married women, and widows, respectively, were based upon a Report presented by his Department to the Treasury; if so, whether he will lay such Report upon the Table of the House; (2) whether the figures of the actuaries in the Memoranda on the National Insurance Bill with regard to the employment of women, especially with regard to spinsters, married women, and widows, respectively, were based upon a Report from his Department; and, if so, whether he will lay such Report upon the Table of the House?

Mr. HOBHOUSE

The numbers of women employed or working on their own account were deduced, as explained in the actuaries' report, from an examination of the census returns for the three kingdoms.