§ 57. Mrs. WINTRINGHAMasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the labours of the Select Committee on the Nationality of Married Women and of the amount of valuable evidence taken, he can allow an opportunity either for the introduction of legislation or for the setting up of a further Committee to consider the matter during this Session?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIn view of the fact that the Committee referred to 974 failed to arrive at a conclusion, and that the Imperial Conference of last autumn, who had the Committee's Report before them, came to the conclusion that no case was made out for any general change of the law on this subject, there seems to be no advantage in initiating further enquiry at the moment, and no posibility of legislation other than that recommended by the Conference for the purpose of dealing with certain hard cases.
§ Mrs. WINTRINGHAMIs the Prime Minister aware that all the Members of the House of Commons who were on this Committee were unanimous that legislation was important?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIf I were convinced that anything could be done, I would be perfectly willing to try to do it. I look at this question not from the point of view of what I would like to do, but from the point of view of what I might find myself limited in doing.