Mrs. Adamsonasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that unemployed shorthand typists are being asked to pay a fee for obtaining work in Government Departments and whether it is the policy of the Government to use private fee-charging employment agencies for the purpose of filling temporary vacancies in Government Departments?
§ Captain CrookshankNo, Sir. I am not aware of any such practice. It is the policy of the Government that vacancies for temporary staff in Government Departments shall be filled through the machinery of the Ministry of Labour.