HC Deb 19 March 1973 vol 853 cc34-5W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what action he has taken, following his consultations with the TUC, CBI and his Department's Advisory Committee on the Employment of Women, concerning the implications of the study on the employment of women in the non-industrial Civil Service.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The implications tor industry of the study on the employment of women in the non-industrial Civil Service, are bound up with the wider issues of improving the range and level of employment opportunities for women generally.

My Department has set up a detailed study of the problems encountered by women in securing equal treatment with men in the whole field of employment nnd training. I think it right to defer any general approach to industry about the implications of the Report on the Employment of Women in the Civil Service, until the Department's study has been completed.