§ Mrs. Millie Millerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take steps to implement the recommendations of the World Plan for Action adopted at the International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City for the period 1975 to 1980 in connection with increasing employment opportunities for women, urging the provision of services which reduce the heavy workload on women, particularly those living in rural areas or poor urban areas, facilitating the full participation of women in community, national and international life, averting the traffic in women and young girls into prostitution and rehabilitating prostitutes.
§ Mr. John Frasermy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made a general statement welcoming the World Plan of Action, with its valuable guidelines, adopted at the International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City. On matters within my responsibility, the Sex Discrimination Act should help improve employment and training opportunities for women. The Training Services Agency is anxious to enable women to qualify for a greater variety of jobs and of better quality. Its report on what needs to be done in the training of women will be published later this month and I am arranging for my hon. Friend to receive a copy. Government policy on social services is mainly for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services.