HC Deb 17 January 1979 vol 960 c753W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Reporta list of statements made to Parliament and reports undertaken on the working of the following International Labour Organisation Conventions that have been ratified by Her Majesty's Government (a) Convention 26, Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery, 11th Session, Geneva, 1928; (b) Convention 99, Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (agriculture), Session 34, Geneva, 1951, and (c) Convention 131, Minimum Wage Fixing, Session 54, Geneva, 1970.

Mr. John Grant:

ILO Convention 131 has not been ratified by Her Majesty's Government—see White Paper Cmnd. 4706. With regard to the first two conventions mentioned which have been ratified:

  1. (a) The following White Papers were presented to Parliament:
    1. Convention 26: Cmnd. 3209 and 3337
    2. Convention 99: Cmnd. 8484 and 8786
  2. (b) Reports were undertaken on the effect given to these conventions and sent to the ILO as follows:
  3. Convention 26: Each year from 1930 to 1958, except 1942 and 1952, and each second year thereafter.
  4. Convention 99: Each year from 1954 to 1958 and each second year thereafter.