§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on progress concerning the proposed convention and recommendation on vocational rehabilitation and employment of disabled people and the proposed recommendation on the establishment of an international system for the maintenance of rights in social security, adopted at the international labour conference in June 1983.
§ The Prime MinisterFollowing consultations with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress and other interested parties, including the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Disabled People, the Government considered their position in relation to the instruments adopted at the 1983 international labour conference and decided to accept recommendation No. 168 concerning vocational rehabilitation but not to ratify convention No. 159 concerning vocational rehabilitation, nor to accept recommendation No. 167 concerning social security. This decision was announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment by way of a White Paper (Cmnd. 9417) which was laid before Parliament on Friday 21 December 1984.