SIR,—The article under the above heading which appeared in last
week's issue of your journal contains an accurate presentation of the aim of this Council. In seeking Parliamentary control and protection my Council realise that Parliament must be empowered to nominate its representatives to serve on the govern- ing body created by the statutory registration of hair- dressers.
In this respect, therefore, hairdressers will adopt the precedent, set by other professional bodies, such as the doctors, the dentists and the opticians and have their administrative council composed of members of the craft and representatives of the public.
The Council desire me to say that they agree with your remarks regarding apprenticeships, training and education and we are pleased to report that this year the number of hairdressers who qualified for entry to our Register, by examination, already exceeds the total so admitted for 1956 and 1957.
The response from Members of Parliament to our request that they enter the ballot for Private Mem- bers' Bills showed a strong measure of support for our draft Bill. One MP—Mr. John Rankin—ir' formed the press that he had our Bill under , con- sideration as an alternative to the one he eventuallY introduced.
A number of women MPs have evinced great interest in our proposed legislation and many parents of would-be hairdressers have expressed their disquiet about the lack of some form of registration or the acceptance by the whole of the craft of the need for an organisation concerned with technical and profes- sional standards in order to provide the public with a service in which it can have complete confidence-- Yours faithfully, H. S. BEARD() Registrar
The Hairdressers Registration Council, 39 Grafton Way, Tottenham Court Road, WI
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