§ Viscountess ASTORasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the Postmaster-General's statement on 20th February that there was no woman in the Post Office who possessed the necessary qualifications for the controllership of the money order department, he can state what provision it is proposed to make to give the women the necessary training for such posts; and why, in view of the facts that 90 per cent. of the staff are women, and that women have been employed in the department for 25 years, no opportunities have hitherto occurred for them to qualify for higher posts?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYAs indicated in my reply of the 30th February, opportunities will be taken to extend the scope of employment of women in the higher accounting duties of the Post Office. The last part of the question involves considerations which I cannot deal with within the limits of the reply to a question