§ 68. Sir PHILIP RICHARDSONasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that there are many daughters of miners and other unemployed persons willing to enter domestic service, but owing to lack of training are only able to fill minor posts; and whether consideration has been given to the desirability of allocating some portion of the miners' distress fund to assisting girls to obtain training in cooking in the London County Council continuation or other schools to enable them not only to obtain well paid employment after a few months' training, but also to benefit them permanently in after life?
§ Lord E. PERCYTraining centres for domestic workers are conducted by the Central Committee for Women's Training and Employment, in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour, in all the depressed mining areas, and I understand that the centres already in operation are thought sufficient to meet the local demand. My hon. Friend's suggestion will, however, be given careful consideration.