§ 99. Brigadier-General NATIONasked the Home Secretary whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to ratify the convention concerning the protection of workers loading and unloading ships which was adopted by the International Labour Conference in 1932?
§ Sir J. GILMOURYes, Sir. Revised regulations, containing such alterations as were necessary to give full effect to the convention, came into force both in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland on the 1st June, and the necessary steps are being taken with a view to ratification.