HC Deb 05 June 1935 vol 302 cc1875-6W
Miss CAZALET

asked the Home Secretary what amendments would be necessary to the provisions of British law in order to secure all the requirements of the International Labour Convention of 1932 regarding the minimum age of employment in non-industrial occupations?

Sir J. GILMOUR

So far as England and Wales are concerned, the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, would require amendment so as to provideinter alia

  1. (1) for the total prohibition of the employment of school children, except the employment of children over 12 years of age in "light work" (Article 2);
  2. (2) for the regulation of the employment of children over 12 years of age in "light work" on the following lines:
    1. (a) the character of the "light work" to be specified;
    2. (b) no children to be employed on Sundays or public holidays or before 8.0 a.m. on either school days or holidays;
    3. (c) the hours of employment on either school days or holidays not to exceed two, or on school days, including school attendance, not to exceed seven (Article 3);
  3. (3) for the issue of permits for children to appear as actors or supernumeraries in the making of cinematograph films (Article 4);
  4. (4) for the bringing into operation of Article 5 and part of Article 6 which are concerned with the employment of young persons over school age in dangerous and itinerant occupations.