§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Minister of Labour the number of women on the unemployed register who have accepted domestic service within the last six months; whether she is aware of the increasing difficulty of obtaining suitable servants; and how many applications she hall, received and approved for the temporary admission of foreign servants?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe number of women on the Unemployed Register who accepted resident domestic service in hotels and private houses during the six months from 24th September, 1929, to 24th March, 1930, was 15,339 of whom 8,691 were in private houses. In addition 19,746 accepted employment as nonresident domestics. During approximately the same period 2,481 female aliens were permitted to take up employment as resident domestic servants, all of whom entered private houses. Permission is not in general given to aliens to take up domestic service other than in private houses. I am not aware that the difficulty of obtaining suitable female servants is increasing.