Equal Pay (Convention)

HC Deb 06 December 1951 vol 494 cc298-9W

Miss Ward

asked the Minister of Labour what instructions have been given to his representative now engaged in drafting the convention on equal pay at the International Labour Office.

Sir W. Monckton

The Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951, was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 34th Session last June. The Government's proposals as to the action to be taken on the Convention will be made known in due course.