§ Mr. E. BROWNasked the Minister of Health what were the terms of employment of the temporary women staff engaged for work in connection with the central index committee; and on how many occasions has their period of employment been extended?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe women staff employed on central index work were engaged in a temporary capacity, subject, in the case of 105 officers, to a week's notice on either side, and in the case of three officers to a month's notice. There has been no variation of the terms of employment, and no question of extension has arisen.