Viscountess Astorasked the Secretary of State for War if he will issue licences to women war correspondents going abroad similar to those supplied to men war correspondents.
Miss Wardasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has considered the communication sent to him from the Empire Press Union regarding the continued discrimination against women war correspondents and what action he proposes to take.
§ Sir J. GriggI would refer my hon. Friends to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Abingdon (Sir R. Glyn) on 1st February, 1944, of which I will send them copies.