HC Deb 16 December 1958 vol 597 cc172-3W
62. Mr. Prentice

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which Colonial and Trust Territories the provisions of International Labour Organisation Convention No. 105, dealing with the abolition of forced labour, have now been applied; and whether he will state the position in regard to the other territories.

Mr. J. Amery

As the list of territories to which the Convention has been applied is rather tong, I will with permission circulate the information in the OFFICIAL REPORT. As regards the second part of the Question, I am not yet in a position to add to the reply given to the hon. Member by my hon. Friend on 10th July.

Following is the information: International Labour Convention No. 105 has been applied in Aden, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, Brunei, Dominica, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Grenada, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Jamaica, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, North Borneo, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and the Virgin Islands,