§ 39. Captain LOSEBYasked the Minister of Labour if he will explain why women are not represented on the recently appointed Industrial Fatigue Research Board?
§ 192. Major HILLSasked why no woman has been appointed on the Industrial Fatigue Research Board; whether the work of that Board is largely similar to that of the Health of Munition Workers Committee; whether it is the case that women sat on that Committee and did work of great value; and, if this is so, 1730 what reason exists for excluding women from the Industrial Fatigue Research Board?
§ Mr. FISHERMy right hon. Friends have asked me to reply to these questions. It was recognised when the Board was first established jointly by the Medical Research Committee and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research that its original membership would need to be extended. Additional members have, in fact, been appointed on two occasions. Women investigators have been appointed and employed from the beginning, and the inclusion of women on the Board was intended from the first. Particular appointments are at present under consideration by the Medical Research Committee and the Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. It is probable that an announcement will be made shortly.