§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the evidence in favour of one day's rest in seven provided by the 1940 Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories, and the declarations of Sir F. Leggatt, the British delegate at the International Labour Office Conference in New York to a similar effect, he will discourage the practice of calling upon those employed in industry to work seven days per week?
§ Mr. TomlinsonAll Government Departments agree that seven-day working should be restricted to a minimum. There must however be occasionally essential repair work or production arrangements designed to meet a special emergency which involve temporary seven-day working for certain individuals. In addition, it may be found right in certain cases during the winter months, in order to take advantage of daylight, to spread the working week over seven days instead of six.