§ Mr. Nellistasked the Paymaster General if he will list the International Labour Organisation conventions, indicating to which ones the United Kingdom is a signatory.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe International Labour Organisation has adopted 161 conventions, of which the United Kingdom has ratified, and is currently bound by 70. A list of the conventions follows in which those currently in force for the United Kingdom are indicated by an asterisk.
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List of International Labour Conventions indicating those to which the United Kingdom is a signatory No. and Title of Convention 1. Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 *2. Unemployment Convention, 1919 3. Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 4. Night Work (Women) Convention, 1919 *5. Minimum Age (Industry) Convention, 1919 6. Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919 *7. Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920 *8. Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 9. Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920 *10. Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 *11. Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 *12. Workmen's Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 13. White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 14. Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 *15. Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921 *16. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921 *17. Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 18. Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 *19. Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 20. Night Work (Bakeries) Convention, 1925 21. Inspection of Emigrants Conventions, 1926 *22. Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 *23. Repatriation of Seamen Convention, 1926 *24. Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927 *25. Sickness Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1927 *26. Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 27. Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 28. Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention, 1929 *29. Forced Labour Convention, 1930 30. Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930 31. Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention, 1931 *32. Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 33. Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention, 1932 34. Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933 *35. Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 *36. Old-Age Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 *37. Invalidity Insurance (Industry, etc) Convention, 1933 *38. Invalidity Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 *39. Survivors" Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 *40. Survivors' Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 41. Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1934 *42. Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 43. Sheet-Glass Works Convention, 1934 *44. Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 *45. Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 46. Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935 47. Fourty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 48. Maintenance of Migrants' Pension Rights Convention, 1935 238W
No. and Title of Convention 49. Reduction of Hours of Work (Glass-Bottle Works) Convention, 1935 *50. Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 51. Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works) Convention, 1936 52. Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936 53. Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 54. Holidays with Pay (Sea) Convention, 1936 55. Shipowners' Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936 *56. Sickness Insurance (Sea) Convention, 1936 57. Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936 58. Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936 59. Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937 60. Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937 61. Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937 62. Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 *63. Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 *64. Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 *65. Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 66. Migration for Employment Convention, 1939 67. Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1939 *68. Food and Catering (Ships' Crews) Convention, 1946 *69. Certification of Ships' Cooks Convention, 1946 *70. Social Security (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 71. Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 72. Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 73. Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 *74. Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946 75. Accommodation of Crews Convention, 1946 76. Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1946 77. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1946 78. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 79. Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 *80. Final Articles Revision Convention, 1946 *81. Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 *82. Social Policy (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 *83. Labour Standards (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 *84. Right of Association (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 *85. Labour Inspectorates (Non-metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 *86. Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947 *87. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 88. Employment Service Convention, 1948 89. Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 90. Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 91. Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1949 *92. Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949 93. Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1949 94. Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 95. Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 96. Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 *97. Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 *98. Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 *99. Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 *100. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 *101. Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952 *102. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 103. Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 104. Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955
No. and Title of Convention *105. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 106. Weekly Rest (Commerce and Office) Convention, 1957 107. Indigenous and Tribal Populations Conventions, 1957 *108. Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 109. Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1958 110. Plantations Convention, 1958 111. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 112. Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 113. Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 *114. Fishermen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1959 *115. Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 *116. Final Articles Revision Convention, 1961 117. Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 118. Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 119. Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 *120. Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 121. Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 *122. Employment Policy Convention, 1964 123. Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 *124. Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 125. Fishermen's Competency Certificates Convention, 1966 *126. Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen) Convention, 1966 127. Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 128. Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967 129. Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 130. Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 131. Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 132. Holidays with pay Convention (Revised), 1970 *133. Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary provisions) Convention, 1970 134. Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 *135. Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 136. Benzene Convention, 1971 137. Dock Work Convention, 1973 138. Minimum Age Convention, 1973 139. Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 *140. Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 *141. Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975 *142. Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 143. Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 *144. Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 145. Continuity of Employment (Seafarers) Convention, 1976 146. Seafarer's Annual Leave with Pay Convention, 1976 *147. Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 *148. Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 149. Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977 *150. Labour Administration Convention 1978 *151. Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 152. Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 153. Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1979 154. Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 155. Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 156. Workers with Family Responsibility Convention, 198) 157. Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982 158. Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 159. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 160. Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 161. Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 * Conventions which the United Kingdom has ratified and by which it is currently bound.
§ Mr. Bellinghamasked the Paymaster General what action the Government have taken with regard to the ratification of International Labour Organisation Convention No. 23 (Repatriation of Seamen) and No. 126 (Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen)).
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Government's ratification of convention No. 23 was registered with the Director General of the International Labour Office on 3 June 1985 and that of convention No. 126 on 13 August 1985.