§ Miss Vickersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to prohibit the employment of girls and boys under the age of 17 years in night clubs, strip tease clubs and similar establishments.
§ Mr. BrookeI am considering various proposals for the prohibition of the employment of young persons in certain establishments. But I find real difficulties in the way of devising controls which would effectively protect young people, without undue interference with the reasonable arrangements of the genuine entertainment industry, or indeed with personal liberty.