10. Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women in his Department are performing the same work as men and receiving equal pay; how many are performing the same work and not receiving equal pay; and what is the reason for the differentiation?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir William Joynson-Hicks)One medical inspector of factories receives the same rate of pay as the men performing the same duties. In this connection I would refer the hon. Member to the reply of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for West Middlesbrough (Miss Wilkinson) on the 25th ultimo. There are 39 other women employed by the Home Office in grades open to men and women whose remuneration follows the general principles enunciated by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in his reply to the hon. and learned Member for Moss Side (Mr. Hurst) on the 24th ultimo. In the case of 14 women factory inspectors, the scale for women is identical with that for men so far as regards the lowest grade in the inspectorate.
Mr. THOMSONMay I ask what is the prospect of the Government carrying out the Resolution of the House, which speaks of "equal pay for equal work"?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI am not quite aware that any Resolution of the House puts it quite as baldly as that.