HC Deb 18 February 1954 vol 523 c2136
19. Miss Ward

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women deputy secretaries are drawing equal pay.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

Two, Sir.

Miss Ward

I congratulate my right hon. Friend upon the recent 100 per cent. increase, but is it not most unfair that at the top and at the bottom equal pay should prevail but that in between there is no equal pay? Will he please get rid of this absurd anomaly?

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

The hon. Lady is very well aware of the attitude of Her Majesty's Government on this matter, and I do not think I should help her very much by reiterating it again this afternoon.