§ 50. Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Minister of Labour whether, having regard to the difficulty of obtaining information about the International Labour Organisation and the prohibitive cost of their publications, to which the attention of the House was called by the right hon. Member for the Oswestry Division of Shropshire on the 16th July last, he will arrange for all the periodical and other publications of the International Labour Office to be put in the Library of this House?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDI understand that arrangements were made last April for the regular supply to the Library of this House of all the publications of the International Labour Office, and that all publications issued since the 1st January have already been placed in the Library.
§ Colonel WOODCOCKIs it not the case that, if one wishes to get the whole of the publications of the International Labour Office, one has to subscribe £8 per annum, and would not the procedure suggested give everybody the opportunity of getting the whole of the information?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAs I have said, the information is at present placed in the Library, and anyone, like the hon. and gallant Member, who is interested, will doubtless be able to see the whole of the documents.
§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESHas the right hon. Gentleman yet considered the suggestion, in view of the growing importance of the work of the International Labour Office, that copies of the daily records of the International Labour Conference should be placed in the Library of the House of Commons?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDI will certainly consider that. The point was raised, but I am not quite certain about the answer as yet.