§ 20. Mr. Teelingasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the particulars sent him by the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion, concerning unmarried women being refused employment at the employment exchange in Brighton in favour of married women whose husbands have jobs, he will state his Department's policy in such cases.
§ Sir W. MoncktonMy hon. Friend has sent me particulars of one case where an employer engaged a married woman in preference to a single woman. The more common preference of employers is to engage single women if available. So far as the employment exchanges are concerned, the policy is to submit to employers the most suitable applicants without discrimination between married and unmarried.