HC Deb 16 February 1939 vol 343 cc1922-3W
Mr. Hutchinson

asked the Postmaster-General whether there is in existence any agreement or understanding between the official and staff side of the Whitley Council whereby a male officer has the privilege of declining a transfer to what, before aggregation, was termed a woman's branch in the Savings Bank Department?

Sir W. Womersley

There is no specific agreement or understanding at the Savings Bank in the sense suggested, but it is the practice to pay regard to the wishes of officers who object to being transferred to a branch formerly staffed by the opposite sex, on the understanding that they may, if their wishes are met, thereby limit their prospects of promotion.