HC Deb 02 April 1936 vol 310 cc2106-7
21. Mr. BURKE

asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give any information on the inquiry into the effects of changes in the commercial policy of various countries on the employment and wages of workers which has been undertaken by the International Labour Office?

Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEAD

The International Labour Office was instructed by the governing body in February last to carry out, in collaboration with the Economic Section of the League of Nations, an investigation into the question of the relation between the volume of employment and wages on the one hand and commercial movements on the other hand. No report has yet been received from the International Labour Office.

Mr. BURKE

Have the officials of the International Labour Office been in communication with His Majesty's Government?

Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEAD

I will look into that question.