§ Lieut.-Colonel ARCHER-SHEEasked the Minister of Labour whether the Committee he has set up to inquire into the possibility of replacing women employed in Government Departments by ex-Service men will extend their investigations to Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard and include not only clerical duties but other work essentially suitable for disabled men?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe terms of reference-of the Committee to which my hon. Friend refers are to inquire
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- into the possibility of the more extensive employment of disabled soldiers in Government Departments;
- into the question of substituting ex- Service men for temporary women clerks in Government Departments.
It is not proposed to extend the scope of the Committee's inquiry to Government industrial establishments. These establishments raise a separate problem.