§ 176. Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made on the ratification of maritime conventions Nos.(a) 163, (b) 164, (c) 165, (d) 166, (e) 173 and (f)
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe Government stated their views on ILO conventions Nos. 163, 164, 165 and 166 in Command 658 dated April 1989 and indicated that they do not propose to ratify conventions 163, 165 and 166. Now that the syllabi for the necessary training courses in medical skills promulgated by the International Maritime Organisation, the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation have been reduced to performance criteria on which colleges and other bodies can base their instruction, the Department will shortly be going to a second round of consultation on how the United Kingdom should meet its obligations under article 9.2 of convention No. 164—health protection and medical care (seafarers)—and so proceed to ratification.
The latest convention to be adopted by the ILO and therefore available for ratification is No. 172.