HC Deb 26 June 1947 vol 439 c89W
77. Mr. Marples

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what women's organisations act in an advisory capacity to his Department.

Mr. Shinwell

I assume that the hon. Member has primarily in mind advice given on the Gas and Electricity Economy Campaign. In addition to the 17 women's organisations of which a list was circulated with my reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Boyd-Carpenter) on 1st May, 18 other women's organisations were also represented at a meeting held in my Department on 22nd May. This meeting re-appointed a small advisory committee which had been elected at a previous meeting, and on which the Women's Voluntary Services, the National Federation of Women's Institutes, the Women's Co-operative Guild, the Electrical Association for Women, the Women's Gas Council, and the Women's Advisory Council on Solid