asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will state the names of the women's organisations with whom he has now had discussions on the subject of domestic fuel cuts.

Discussions with women's organisations took place at a meeting in my Department at which 17 organisations were represented. As the list is a long one, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Invitations are being issued to a much larger number of organisations to attend a meeting next week.

Can the right hon. Gentleman state in what capacity Miss Mary Sutherland, the chief woman officer of the Labour Party, was present, and whether similar invitations were issued to this lady's opposite numbers in the Conservative and Liberal Parties?

I imagine that Miss Mary Sutherland would represent the Women's Co-operative Guild.

No.

She was present in consequence of her membership of the Standing Joint Committee of Working Women's Organisations. As regards the other organisations, while I say nothing about them, I have no doubt that they have all got their political views.

Can my right hon. Friend assure me that the list excludes the Tory controlled British Housewives League?

is the Minister aware that the organisation to which he referred—the Standing Joint Committee—consists only of representatives of the "Co-op.", the trade unions and the Labour Party?

I am well aware of that. Why should they not be permitted to represent them?

Is the Minister aware that the female of the species is more deadly than the male?

If it is any satisfaction or consolation to the hon. Member, I can tell him that among the organisations which advised us was the Good- Housekeeping Institute.

They are still more deadly.

The following is the list:

• Association of Teachers of Domestic Subjects.
• Church Army Women's Section.
• Citizens' Advice Bureaux.
• Electrical Association for Women.
• Good Housekeeping Institute.
• National Council of Women.
• National Federation of Women's Institutions.
• National Union of Townswomen's Guilds.
• National Union of Women Teachers.
• Scottish Women's Rural Institutes.
• Standing Joint Committee of Working Women's Organisations.
• Women's Advisory Committee on Solid Fuel.
• Women's Advisory Housing Council.
• Women's Co-operative Guild.
• Women's Gas Council.
• Women's Group on Public Welfare.
• Women's Voluntary Services.

(A number of other organisations were invited but did not send representatives to the meeting.)