§ 18. Mr. Brookeasked the Minister of Labour whether married women with one or more children, who have registered under the Registration for Employment Order, are all being treated as exempt from interview or from compulsory obligation to do war work, without inquiry whether they have their children at home and are themselves looking after them?
§ Mr. BevinInquiries are made at the time of registration whether a mother has her young children living with her. If she has, she is not summoned for interview or directed to employment under present arrangements.
§ Mr. BrookeIs the Minister aware that a number of women were not asked this question when they registered—although that may have been in the earlier days of registration? Will he bear that fact in mind when planning future woman-power policy?