§ 22. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he will prohibit the employment of children under 14 years of age in East Africa and cancel all war-time measures which may have weakened the provisions of the existing law in this respect.
§ Mr. georģe HallMinimum ages for the employment of children and young persons were laid down in the recommendation on minimum standards of social policy in dependent territories adopted at the International Labour Conference in Philadelphia in 1944, which was published in the Report Cmd. 6547. Reports from all Colonial Governors are due by the end of this month showing what steps are being taken to give full effect to that recommendation including, of course, the removal of 'all wartime modifications of the existing law in this respect.