§ 101. Mr. LOUGHasked the Secretary to the Treasury, with reference to the war bonus announced for Civil servants, why female employés who are doing the same work and receiving the same pay should only receive half the bonus paid to males; and whether he can see his way to make a more equitable adjustment with regard to both women and persons under eighteen years of age?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe reasons for the payment of war bonus to women employés at a lower rate were stated in reply to the Noble Lord the Member for Nottingham South on the 17th ultimo. I am not prepared to admit that it is an inequitable arrangement.