HC Deb 23 March 1944 vol 398 cc1011-3
1. Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Minister of Labour the names of the delegates from this country to the forthcoming I.L.O. Conference at Philadelphia.

The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Bevin)

I am arranging to circulate a list in the OFFICIAL REPORT. There may possibly be one or two other advisers to be added.

Mr. Davies

May I ask the right hon. Gentleman the total number of delegates; and is he satisfied that Great Britain will be adequately represented at this important Conference?

Mr. Bevin

Great Britain will be adequately represented, but I have not the exact figures in my head.

Mr. Thorne

Can the right hon. Gentleman state the total number of delegates to be sent by the Government?

Following is the list:

GOVERNMENT DELEGATES.

Substitute Delegates and Advisers.

Advisers.

EMPLOYERS' DELEGATE.

Sir John Forbes Watson, Director of the British Employers' Confederation, Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office.

Advisers.

WORKERS' DELEGATE.

Mr. Joseph Hallsworth, General Secretary of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers, Member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office.

Advisers.