§ 37. Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Minister of Transport the number of male conductors employed by the L.P.T.B.; the number of women conductors now employed by it; and the number of women conductors who have been dismissed since male recruiting recommenced.
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§ Mr. BarnesThe London Passenger Transport Board employ 19,562 male and 3,261 woman conductors. The number of women conductors dismissed as redundant since the end of the war is 853.
§ 38. Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Minister of Transport the number of men recruited for employment as male conductors by the L.P.T.B. since male recruiting commenced; how many have remained in the Board's employment; and how many have left voluntarily.
§ Mr. BarnesThe number of male conductors recruited by the London Passenger Transport Board since the end of the war is 16,023, of whom 14,016 have remained and 1,774 have left voluntarily.
§ 40. Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Minister of Transport if he will take steps with the L.P.T.B. to reinstate women conductors who were dismissed prior to the Board's decision to reverse its policy as regards employment of women conductors.
§ Mr. BarnesI see no reason to interfere with the discretion of the board in this matter and I would remind my hon. Friend of the considerations mentioned in the reply which my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour gave him in February on this subject.