§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she keeps a list of possible nominees for public bodies and committees to which she is entitled to nominate; how many names are now before her: and how many of them are women.
§ Mrs. Shirley Williams:In making public appointments I am anxious to secure the people best fitted for the jobs in question. One aid to this is to take note of people with appropriate qualifications and experience, and it is always useful to hear of individual names. I am at present actively seeking possible nominees for appointments to consumer bodies, a high proportion of whom will, I hope, be women.
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