HC Deb 03 July 1919 vol 117 cc1206-7W
Lieut.-Colonel ARCHER-SHEE

asked 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. HORNE

The terms of reference-of the Committee to which my hon. Friend refers are to inquire

  1. into the possibility of the more extensive employment of disabled soldiers in Government Departments;
  2. 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.