§ 77. Sir ERNEST GRAHAM-LITTLEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is the general practice, in grades of the Civil Service for which a registered medical qualification is essential and which are open to men and women, for women to be given the same salary scales as men; whether that practice is based on the treatment accorded to medical women by good employers outside the Civil Service; and whether any modification of that practice is contemplated?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. W. S. Morrison)It is the general practice to give the same salary scales to men and women in appointments for medical officers in the Civil Service which are open to both sexes. No change is at present contemplated in this practice which originated over 20 years ago and which is in accordance with the practice applied to posts for medical officers outside the Civil Service.