§ 39. Mr. MANDERasked the Home Secretary if he will consider the desirability of appointing an inter-departmental committee to consider what changes in the law would be necessary for this country to comply with an international treaty for equal rights as between the sexes?
§ Mr. CLYNESNo, Sir. The only proposals for an international treaty which I have seen do not afford any sufficient definite basis upon which a committee could usefully be invited to consider the question of changes in the law of this country.
§ Mr. MANDERIs not the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Home Office and the Foreign Office have given contradictory answers on the matter, and does he not think that that is a good reason for the appointment of a departmental committee in order to see which is right?
§ Mr. CLYNESI am certain that the Home Office in this matter is not in the wrong, and I do not agree that contradictory answers have been given.