§ Mr. Guyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether, in the case of assistant keepers (second class) of the Science Museum, the board is departing from the normal service practice of recruiting men and women civil servants at the same minimum salary; and, if that is the case, whether he can state the reason for the change of policy?
Mr. LindsayThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. It is the normal practice in the national museums in which assistant keepers (second class) are employed for the minimum salary for women to be lower than that for men.