§ Mr. W. J. Brownasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1) whether, since male and female employment exchange clerks are recruited by the same examination and do the same work, he will cause them to be given equal rates of pay;
(2) whether, since male and female members of the Admiralty and Air Ministry departmental clerical class are recruited through the same examination and are required to perform the same range of duties, he will cause them to be given equal rates of pay.
§ Mr. AsshetonI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to him by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer on 1st July, 1943.