Heavy traffic and road safety, 1962

The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to give more positive encouragement for the conveyance of heavy goods by rail rather than by road, in the interests of road safety, and where this is impossible, to encourage the...

Provision for the mentally sick, 1962

Submitted by: The Salvation Army and the National Free Church Women’s Council The National Council of Women in Conference appreciates the improved approach to the mentally sick but regrets the situation created by their return to society while still unadapted to...

Hostels for working girls, 1963

Submitted by: Federation of Community for the Moral Welfare of Children   The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, being concerned at the desperate need in large cities for more hostels for working girls between the ages of 16 and 18 who are...

Passenger transport, 1963

Submitted by: The Committee of Management  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, while welcoming the constructive and far-sighted plans for freight services contained in Doctor Beeching’s Report The Shaping of British Railways deplores the...

Cancer of the cervix, 1963

Submitted by: Committee of Management The National Council of Women in Conference assembled urges that facilities for the taking and reading of cervical smears by provided by the Minister of Health so that cancer of the cervix can be detected at an early stage when...