§ Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that nine girls have recently been denied unemployment pay in Dagenham because they refused to accept work at Army, Navy, and Air Force institutes many miles from their homes; and whether as it is not morally desirable that young girls should take jobs in such circumstances away from parental control he proposes to take steps to alter this practice and restore their unemployment pay to these girls?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydSome young women, aged 18 and over, were recently disallowed benefit by the Dagenham Court of Referees on the ground that they had refused employment at Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. My right hon. Friend has no power to interfere with these decisions. I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the leaflet issued upon the subject of employment at these Institutes containing extracts from the reports of several independent inquiries into the conditions of employment.