asked the Minister of Labour if he is now in a position to state the names of the persons appointed to serve on the Board of the Institute of Domestic Workers.

Yes, Sir. As my right hon. Friend has already informed the House, he invited Miss Dorothy Elliott to be chairman of the board of directors of the National Institute of Houseworkers, and he has now appointed her and nine other members of the Board, a list of whose names I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT. One further appointment of a person with experience of domestic training remains to he made. I may add that an advisory council, representative of the various interests concerned, is being set up to assist the Institute in its work. My right hon. Friend is happy to say that Miss Violet Markham has consented to become chairman of the council.

Will the Parliamentary Secretary say whether in this instance the Government will follow the excellent practice which was incorporated in the Services of promotion from the ranks?

Will Miss Markham be personally informed of her appointment, or, as in the case of her compulsory retirement, will she hear about it in the Press?

I thought I said that Miss Markham had consented to accept this appointment.

Have any of the people whose names are to be circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT any practical experience of domestic work?

I think that it is an admirable list, and that when hon. Members see it they will be very pleased.

Following is the list:

Board of Directors of the National Institute of Houseworkers, Ltd.

Miss Dorothy Elliott, B.A., O.B.E., J.P., formerly national woman officer of the National Union of Municipal and General Workers (Chairman).

Miss N. K. Ayris, member et the National Union of Domestic Workers.

Miss G. Drysdale, J.P., deputy secretary of the Scottish Council of Social Service.

W. G. Fuller, Esq., of the Ministry of Labour and National Service (Financial Director).

Mrs. K. W. Jones-Roberts, B.A., J.P., member of the Merionethshire County Council.

R. T. Laughton, Esq., C.B.E., managing director of the Royal Hotel, Scarborough, formerly managing director of the National Service Hostels Corporation, Ltd.

Mrs. E. Neville-Smith, B.A., member of the executive of the National Federation of Women's Institutes.

Miss M. E. Sutherland, M.A., J.P., woman officer of the Standing Joint Committee of Working Women's Organisations.

J. J. Taylor, Esq., O.B.E., executive officer of the Workers' Travel Association.

Mrs. Kenneth Wood, A.R.San.I., M.C.A., M.R.S.T. (Miss Etty Potter), principal of the Low Moor Domestic Science College, Birmingham.