HC Deb 30 May 1957 vol 571 cc46-7W
59. Mr. LI. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what other arrangements he envisages now that the Home Office Training Board is no longer functioning and the suitable qualified body recommended by the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce is not to be set up.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The Marriage Guidance Training Board was appointed in 1949 to plan and supervise schemes for selecting and training marriage guidance counsellors to be employed by certain voluntary organisations. In my judgment there is no longer any need for an officially-appointed body to perform these functions.

61. Mr. LI. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the qualifications of the Alliance as a specialist body in the field of sex education and marital guidance, whether he will utilise this organisation as a liaison between the Government and the voluntary societies.

Mr. R. A. Butler

If the hon. Member will be good enough to let me have details of what he has in mind, I shall be glad to consider them if in fact they come within the province of my Department.