Captain COOTEasked the Postmaster-General how many women are still employed in the Post Office as temporary staff; and whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction aroused by the continued employment of these women when 350,000 ex-service men are still without work?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHAbout 20,250 women are still employed by the Post Office in a temporary capacity. I am fully alive to the desirability of replacing these women by ex-service men as far as the circumstances allow, and I am taking the necessary steps to this end.