§ 58. Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Labour if she will publish the survey on women's employment which has been prepared on behalf of her department.
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour (Mr. Harold Walker)Yes, and publication is expected in early May.
§ Mrs. ButlerWhen is the report to be published, because it is absolutely vital, as it reveals that 4 million women are earning the pitiful wage of less than 5s. an hour, that all this information should be available in the current discussions on prices and incomes and equal pay for equal work?
§ Mr. WalkerI cannot anticipate the contents of the survey, but it is intended to publish the full text of the report in the first week of May and a fuller volume of the tables which are relevant to it a week or so later.