Mrs. Adamsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give an assurance that all temporary posts in 841W Government Departments are open to members of both sexes equally except where adequate and publicly-announced reasons exist to the contrary, as was agreed by the joint committee on women's questions in 1934?
§ Captain CrookshankThe procedure for formal reservation of posts to one sex or the other recommended by the committee referred to is not in my opinion appropriate to the diverse temporary appointments often of an urgent character which have to be made in war time. I can, however, give an assurance that the accepted policy of a "fair field and no favour" as between the sexes covers temporary as well as permanent posts, and is operated in the spirit of the committee's recommendations.