HC Deb 12 October 1944 vol 403 c1965W
Sir H. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will appoint a committee to inquire into the hours of employment in shops, with a view to obtaining a solution of the problem of reconciling the desire of shop assistants for shorter hours with the need of shopping facilities for the workers in other occupations

Mr. H. Morrison

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave on 28th September to my hon. Friend the Member for the Sedgefield Division of Durham (Mr. Leslie).