HC Deb 22 June 1937 vol 325 cc1042-3W
Mr. Cartland

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is the practice never to appoint any women who are successful in the Civil Service examination to administrative posts in the Colonial and Dominion Offices?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

It is the practice that administrative posts in the Colonial Office should be reserved to men and since the staff of the Colonial Office and Dominions Office up to the rank of Assistant Secretary are interchangeable this reservation necessarily applies to all posts on the joint establishment of the two offices.