§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the steps taken to eliminate discrimination on grounds of sex from those fields of law and administration which are within the control of his Department; and in which matters such steps have not yet been taken.
§ Sir K. JosephProgress is being made towards equal pay for women where this does not already apply in the National Health Service.
The necessary statutory amendments are under consideration to enable men to qualify as health visitors, and the Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors are consulting the major interests with a view to the early introduction of new training arrangements.
I have no proposals to change existing differences in the provisions applying to men and women under the various schemes of social security beyond those contained in the White Paper "Strategy for Pensions", Cmnd. 4755, and in the National Insurance Bill currently before Parliament.