HC Deb 03 March 1908 vol 185 cc522-3
SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether several dominions or British Colonies have signified their wish to give their adhesion to the Berne Convention as to the nightwork of women; and, if so, whether he can name them to the House.

THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N.W.

His Majesty's Minister at Berne has been instructed to notify the accession to the Convention of New Zealand, Ceylon, Fiji, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Leeward Islands, Northern Nigeria, Trinidad, Uganda Protectorate.