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Domestic legislative body open-minded to help (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

housemaid

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'domestic' is the definition.
(housemaid is a kind of domestic)

'legislative body open-minded to help' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'help' could be 'aid' ('aid' can be a synonym of 'help') and 'aid' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for housemaid that I've seen before include "menial role" , "girl with bad knee?" , "scrubber" , "Help" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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