HC Deb 04 May 1939 vol 346 cc2043-4
10. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the dismissal of a bank clerk in the Aberdeen area because he had married; and whether he will take action in the matter?

Mr. E. Brown

At the request of the Scottish Bankers' Association, which has made representations regarding this case, arrangements have been made for a deputation to be received to-morrow.

Mr. Sorensen

Is not the right hon. Gentleman aware that this is not the first case of the kind, and, in view of this gross interference in the private lives of workpeople and employés in this country, could he not take some action to express his deprecation of the whole principle of this kind of thing?

Mr. Brown

A deputation is being received, and official representations are being made to me.