§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Home Secretary whether the Government has decided to ratify the International Convention on Workmen's Compensation of 1925; and whether he has any statement to make on the subject?
§ Mr. PeakeThe two main factors which have been found by successive Governments to prevent ratification of the Draft Convention of 1925 concerning Workmen's Compensation for Accidents were, first that it would involve some comprehensive scheme of compulsory insurance with a State guarantee or some other system for providing complete security for the payment of compensation, and secondly that the provisions of the Draft Convention giving the workman a legal right to medical and surgical aid would involve substantial modifications in the hospital and other medical arrangements in this country. There has been no material change in these respects since 1925, but both matters will now be coming under investigation by the Royal Commission on Workmen's Compensation.