§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many women cleaners in the Palace of Westminster are supplied by contract cleaning companies; what are their hours of work; and what wage-rate they receive per hour.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information is not available; contracts are based on a price for the services and not on the number of women cleaners or rates of pay. Cleaning contracts, like all other contracts let by my Department, include in the Conditions observance of the Fair Wages Resolution passed by the House of Commons on 14th October, 1946.