§ 75. Mr. RENDALLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is the intention of the Government to abolish, if possible, separate establishment lists for men and women, so that vacancies shall be filled by the most efficient officer, irrespective of sex; and, if so, why women have been removed from branches where they have been for some years working side by side with men, and why the segregation of the sexes, which in many Departments had been abandoned during the War, has been reintroduced as a result of reorganisation?
Mr. YOUNGA Committee is being appointed to examine and report on the application of the general principle of common seniority lists for men and women to the classes included in the Report of the Reorganisation Committee of the National Whitley Council for the Civil Service. The last part of the question raises matters referring to the detailed organisation of the various Departments; but, speaking generally, I should not regard the modification of special temporary arrangements adopted during the War period as in any way prejudicing the position.
§ Mr. RENDALLWhen will that Committee be set up, or has it already been set up?
Mr. YOUNGThe Committee which will be set up, if it has not already been constituted, will be of a very representative character. It will be set up without delay.
§ Mr. RENDALLWill women be on that Committee?