§ 73. Mr. MILLSasked the Postmaster General whether he is aware that a demobilisation committee has been set up in the Ministry of Pensions with a view to alleviating the amount of hardship involved in the discharge of women staff, and that this committee, which is composed of the woman establishment officer and three women representing the staff organisations, in spite of the fact that the head-quarter's staff is employed in various branches in a similar manner to that of the Post Office, has enabled demobilisation to proceed more smoothly and with less suffering than in any other Department: and whether he will look into the possibilities of forming a similar committee for the Post Office head-quarter's women, and grant extensions to hardship cases now under notice in order that they may be retained, in the spirit of the Lytton Report, in place of better placed employés?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYI am making inquiries, and will communicate with the hon. Member.