Lieut.-Colonel Dowerasked the Minister of Labour what steps he proposes to take to provide domestic help for mothers with families of children.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe highest priority is given to the supply of domestic help to households where exceptional hardship is occasioned by the lack of such help, including households where there is a number of young children or where there is an expectant mother and a young child. In the twelve months ended 27th June, 1945, nearly 25,000 placings have been effected in "hardship" households. I fear, however, that there will be no substantial amelioration in the present shortage of domestic workers until the general stringency of man-power is eased.