§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will meet the director general of the International Labour Organisation to discuss ways of incorporating a social clause supporting human rights in the workplace in the rules and procedures of the new World Trade Organisation.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI have no plans to meet the director general of the International Labour Organisation to discuss ways of incorporating a social clause supporting human rights in the workplace in the rules and procedures of the new World Trade Organisation.
We do not support calls for the inclusion of a social clause in the general agreement on tariffs and trade or other multilateral trade agreements under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation. We remain unconvinced that trade measures are an appropriate or effective way of addressing the issue of workers' rights.