COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES (LABOUR LEGISLATION). (Hansard, 9 March 1932)

HC Deb 09 March 1932 vol 262 cc1803-4 1803

§ 21. Mr. LUNN
(for Mr. LAWSON) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give a list of the territories under his control in which no legislation exists applying the principles of Workmen's Compensation; and what steps he is taking in the matter?

§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER
The answer is a long one, and, with the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

§ Following is the answer:

§ Workmen's Compensation legislation exists in the undermentioned Dependencies. In those marked ^* the compensation payable is limited to injuries arising out of defects in machinery or plant, etc., or negligence on the part of the employer or his agents:

^*Tanganyika Territory.
Northern Rhodesia.
^*Somaliland.
Nigeria.
^*Gibraltar.
Malta.
Palestine.
^*Barbados.
^*Jamaica.
Trinidad.
^*Grenada.
^*St. Vincent.
^*British Guiana.
Mauritius.
North Borneo.

§ In addition to the Workmen's Compensation legislation enumerated above, which is of a general character, provisions of a limited scope (as regards the occupations to which they apply) exist in the following Dependencies:

§ Injuries in Mines:

Kenya.
Uganda.
Tanganyika Territory.
Nigeria.
Sierra Leone.
Cyprus.

§ Boiler Explosions:

Seychelles.
Fiji.

§ Workmen's Compensation legislation of a general character is now contemplated in the undermentioned Dependencies. (In the Dependencies marked † the proposed legislation will replace or supplement the existing employers' liability legislation):

Kenya.
† Tanganyika Territory.
Nyasaland.
Sierra Leone.
Bermuda.
Windward Islands.

† Grenada.
St. Lucia.
† St. Vincent.

†British Guiana.
St. Helena.
Ceylon.
Straits Settlements.
Federated Malay States.

§ 22. Mr. LUNN
(for Mr. LAWSON) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the steps initiated by the late Government to co-ordinate and modernise labour legislation in the Colonies and Protectorates are still being pursued; and what progress is being made?

§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER
Yes, Sir, the Inter-departmental Committee on Labour Questions is functioning. I have addressed the Colonial Governments concerned in regard to certain of the questions which have been under review.