§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services to encourage the useful employment of wives who as a result of violence in marriage live separately with their children, if she will take steps to enable interested parties to apply for money to set up refuges and carry out other programmes of aid from the EEC Social Fund.
§ Mr. MeacherThe European Social Fund is so constituted that help is not770W available to set up refuges for victims of violence in marriage, but it is open to interested parties to apply through the Department of Employment for aid in respect of schemes of training and retraining for employment.