Street Offences Act, 1971

Submitted by: Committee of Management  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, perturbed by the rejection in the House of Lords of Bills to amend the Street Offences Act 1959, urges Her Majesty’s Government to introduce amending...

Family breadwinner, 1972

Submitted by: Social Welfare Special Committee  The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, calls upon Her Majesty’s Government to amend the National Insurance Act 1965 and the Family Income Supplements Act 1970, to enable a...

Battered wives, 1973

Submitted by: The Committee of Management  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, greatly concerned by the desperate situation of wives who seek refuge and help on leaving the matrimonial home after physical assaults by their husbands, urges the...

Education and training, 1973

Submitted by: National Joint Councils of Working Women’s organisations  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, regrets the omission from the White Paper Education: A Framework for Expansion of legislative provision for part-time release for...

Domestic planning, 1973

Submitted by: Housing & Environment Special Committee  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, aware of the shortcomings in the planning and design of houses, urges the Secretary of state for the Environment to form Women’s Advisory...