§ Mr. Ammonasked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that women are working an average of 12 hours a day at Woolwich on munitions; and whether, having regard to the large number of unemployed and in the interest of the health of the women concerned, more workers will be employed and overtime reduced?
§ Mr. BurginA certain amount of overtime is of necessity being worked by women in some sections of the Royal Ordnance Factories, Woolwich. In no case, however, are women working 12 hours a day, nor is there any proposal that they should work for so long.
The necessary women's facilities, e.g., cloakrooms, lavatories, canteens, etc, are rapidly being increased, and everything possible is being done to increase I he numbers of women employed and to reduce overtime.