§ 33. Mr. Rileyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any native labourers are recruited for countries where Governments have not yet conformed to the labour conditions of the International Labour Office; and, if so, will he consider the advisability of prohibiting such recruitment until the conventions are conformed to?
§ The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald)I assume that the hon. Member is referring to recruitment of the natives of certain dependencies for the Union of South Africa. I do not regard the fact that the Union Government have not been able to adopt all the International Labour Conventions as a ground for adopting the suggestion in the second part of the question, especially as special arrangements have been made with the companies concerned by which in effect the provisions of the Recruiting Convention apply to the natives from the Colonies.