§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a Workmen's Compensation Act, which would apply to mine and electricity workers in particular, has yet been introduced into the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast Colony; or whether any compensation is paid to workers who sustain accidents whilst at work, or their relatives in case of fatal accident?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe only Workmen's Compensation legislation at present in operation in the Gold Coast is that contained in Part 6 of the Minerals Ordinance which was enacted in April, 1936. Under these provisions compensation is payable in the case of native employes in mines who are injured or who meet their death by accident arising out of and in the course of their employment. I will send the hon. Member a copy of the Ordinance in question. The draft of the new comprehensive Workmen's Compensation Ordinance for the Colonial Dependencies in East and West Africa which is being prepared in the Colonial Office, and to which I referred in my reply to the hon. Member on the 19th April, will be sent to the Government of the Gold Coast so soon as it is ready, for consideration and action.