§ 33. Captain FULLERasked the Minister of Labour whether any steps are now being taken through the International Labour Office to negotiate agreements for the shortening of hours in industry?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR(Mr. R. S. Hudson)Proposals designed to secure international conventions limiting hours of work in public works under taken or subsidised by Governments, and in their on and steel, building and contracting, glass bottle and coal-mining industries, are to be considered at the International Labour Conference which opens in Geneva at the beginning of next month.