§ Mr. Palingasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the Workmen's Compensation Bill, first presented to the Legislature of Barbados in 1934, has been repeatedly referred to select committees and has not yet been passed into law?
Mr. M. MacDonaldA succession of draft Bills on this subject have been introduced in the Barbados Legislature during the last few years. The present Bill was given a Second Reading by the Barbados House of Assembly on the 30th May and referred to a select committee. This is a procedure which, I understand, is normally adopted in the case of Bills of an important character and is in conformity with the Standing Orders of the House. I hope that the present Bill will become law at no very distant date.