§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many of the 500 company chairmen he has written to have promised to co-operate with his Department in supplying on a regular basis information published by their company on the matter of wages and conditions of South African workers.
§ Mr. ShoreMy letter of 31st January invited company chairmen to co-operate in publishing information to indicate the progress which their companies had made in improving the wages and working conditions of their African workers. It did not call for immediate action and it will be some months yet before we can judge the response from companies concerned.