§ Lieut.-Commander FLETCHERasked the Minister of Labour when it is pro- 1632W posed to ratify the international labour conventions on night work for women (revised), workmen's compensation for occupational diseases (revised), hours of work in the sheet-glass industry, and unemployment provision?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADA Bill to enable the draft conventions concerning the night work of women (revised) and hours of work in the sheet-glass industry to be ratified is now before the House. As regards the conventions concerning workmen's compensation for occupational diseases (revised) and unemployment provision, a Command Paper announcing the intention of His Majesty's Government to ratify was presented last January and the necessary Orders of the Privy Council are now being printed. Subject, in the case of the two former conventions, to the passing into law of the Bill referred to, I anticipate that it will be possible very-shortly to notify the Secretary-General of the League of Nations of the ratification of all the four conventions.