46. Miss CAZALETasked the Prime Minister when the report of the committee on the admission of women to the Consular and Diplomatic Services will be published; and when the Government proposes to come to a decision on this matter?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply returned by the Lord Privy Seal to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Hexham (Colonel Brown) on the 31st January last. I regret that no further progress has been made since that date, but my hon. Friend will appreciate that a final decision on this matter has necessarily been delayed owing to the pressure of other work on my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Miss CAZALETIn view of the great success of women diplomats appointed by other countries, may I ask why the National Government are taking so long to come to a decision on this easy question?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have given my hon. Friend some of the reasons.