§ Lady Apsleyasked the Secretary of State for War whether, to utilise their knowledge and experience, he will consider appointing women trained in the auxiliary forces and Civil Defence to serve on the administrative staff of A.M.G.O.T.?
§ Sir J. GriggI would refer the noble Lady to the answer given by the Prime Minister to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for East Islington (Mrs. Cazalet Kerr) on 22nd July, in which he indicated generally the opportunities Which will be open to members of the Women's Auxiliary Services and of the Civil Defence Services, when in so far as they can be spared, to volunteer for appointments in the administration of occupied territories during the period of military control. The number of such appointments is likely to be small. The same general considerations apply to the employment of women in the Allied Military Government in Sicily and Italy. The practical difficulties of introducing women's organisations in the early stages of a military occupation are very great and it has not yet been found possible to add women officers to the existing staff of the Allied Military Government. The question to what extent it may be possible and desirable to employ women in such a government is not being overlooked.