§ 27. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Labour if resident domestic service is classified as a skilled or unskilled occupation.
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Betterton)There is no official classification of this sort; and the variety of occupations covered is such that I do not think it would be possible to describe resident domestic service, as a whole, as either skilled or unskilled.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYDoes not the hon. Gentleman see that this is a very unsatisfactory state of affairs? Are not these people being trained for service?
§ Mr. BETTERTONQuite obviously, it is not possible to classify them in the way that the hon. and gallant Gentleman suggests. For instance, a cook may be a highly skilled person or a very unskilled one.