§ 37. Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the decision of the International Labour Conference recently held at Washington upon the employment of child labour?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Major Baird)My tight hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. The Conference adopted a draft convention which provides that children under 14 shall not be employed in any industrial undertaking, other than undertakings in which only members of the same family are employed. Special provisions were inserted in regard to the application of the convention to India and Japan.