§ Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Minister of Labour what recommendations were made by the International Labour Office during the year 1933 and which of them were adopted by this country?
Mr. HUDSONSeven conventions and two recommendations were adopted by the International Labour Conference in 1933. Six of the conventions and one recommendation dealt with invalidity, old age and widows' and orphans' insurance; one convention and one recommendation dealt with fee-charging employment agencies. The action of His Majesty's Government in regard to them is under consideration.
882Wand transitional payments at 19th February, 1934, who had been on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain for a year or more was 437,309. A proportion of this number, however, will have had one or more short spells of employment, lasting not more than three days each. Detailed statistics on the subject will be found on page 102 of the March issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette, published today.
§ Mr. LAWSONasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed under 21 in each division under the Ministry, and the percentage of the unemployed of adolescents in each division?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe following table gives the information desired: