Sir J. DAVIDSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India how the factory conditions in the textile mills in Japan compare with those obtaining in the textile mills in Bombay; and if there has been any improvement in the conditions in the latter during the past few years?
§ Earl WINTERTONAs regards hours of labour in Japan and Bombay, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on the 15th June to the hon. Member for Kidderminster (Mr. Wardlaw-Milne). The hours of labour in Bombay were substantially reduced in 1922. As regards conditions in Bombay factories, apart from hours of labour, my hon. Friend will find a good deal of information in the Annual Factory Report of the Presidency of Bombay for 1923 (the latest available), which I am sending to him. Any further question my hon. Friend may wish to ask regarding conditions in Japan should be addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.