§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what plans the Government have to ratify(a) the International Labour Organisation Seafarers' Welfare Convention 163 (1987) and (b) the International Labour Organisation Seafarers' Welfare Recommendation 173 (1987); and if he will make a statement; [128754]
(2) if he will list International Labour Organisation conventions which the United Kingdom has (a) declined to sign and (b) not yet signed; and if he will make a statement. [128756]
§ Mr. PondThe Government have no plans to ratify ILO Convention 163 for the reasons given in the 1989 White Paper (Cm 658), and notes that only 12 member states of the ILO have so far ratified. There is no procedure for ratifying an ILO recommendation. The United Kingdom is addressing the issue of seafarers' welfare by participating actively in ILO discussions aimed at consolidating the existing body of ILO maritime instruments within a new single instrument.
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ILO conventions which UK has not ratified or has ratified and subsequently denounced Convention number
Date of adoption Title Denounced 1 1919 Hours of Work (Industry) 3 1919 Maternity Protection 4 1919 Night Work (women) 25.01.1937 5 1919 Minimum Age (Industry) 07.06.2000 6 1919 Night Work Of Young Persons (Industry) 04.10.1947 7 1920 Minimum Age (Sea) 07.06.2000 9 1920 Placing of Seamen 10 1921 Minimum Age (Agriculture) 07.06.2000 13 1921 White Lead (Painting) 14 1921 Weekly Rest (Industry) 15 1921 Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) 07.06.2000 18 1925 Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) 29.04.1936 26 1928 Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery 25.07.1985 27 1929 Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) 30 1930 Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) 33 1932 Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) 41 1934 Night Work (Women) (Revised) 04.10.1947 45 1935 Underground Work (Women) 26.05.1988 47 1935 Forty-Hour Week 52 1936 Holidays with Pay 53 1936 Officers' Competency Certificates 54 1936 Holidays with Pay (Sea) 55 1936 Shipowners' Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) 57 1936 Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) 58 1936 Minimum Age (Sea) (Revised) 59 1937 Minimum Age (Industry) (Revised) 62 1937 Safety Provisions (Building) 63 1938 Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work 27.05.1987 71 1946 Seafarers' Pensions 72 1946 Paid Vacations (Seafarers) 73 1946 Medical Examination (Seafarers) 75 1946 Accommodation of Crews 76 1946 Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) 77 1946 Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) 78 1946 Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) 79 1946 Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) 88 1948 Employment Service 06.08.1971 89 1948 Night Work (Women) (Revised) 90 1948 Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) (Revised) 93 1949 Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) (Revised) 94 1949 Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) 20.09.1982 A total of 65 ILO conventions, including all of the 'core' ILO conventions, which cover freedom of association and the right to organise and collective bargaining;; the elimination of forced and child labour; and the ending of discrimination in employment, are in force in the UK. We also observe in principle many of the requirements of unratified conventions. The ILO has recognised the need to keep its instruments under review and recently withdrew or shelved 27 out of date conventions, while next year's conference will consider the withdrawal of 16 out of date recommendations. The ILO has also recognised the importance of a coherent approach to labour standards including through the proposed new consolidated maritime instrument and the general discussion at this year's International Labour Conference which for the first time was based on an integrated approach, taking account of all existing ILO instruments in the area of occupational safety and health.
The table shows the ILO conventions which the United Kingdom has not ratified or has ratified and subsequently denounced. In recent years a number of conventions have been denounced automatically due to ratification of new, more up-to-date conventions which subsume the requirements of earlier instruments. We will continue to review unratified conventions.
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ILO conventions which UK has not ratified or has ratified and subsequently denounced Convention number
Date of adoption Title Denounced 95 1949 Protection of Wages 16.09.1983 96 1949 Fee-Charging Employment Agencies (Revised) 99 1951 Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) 16.08.1994 101 1952 Holiday with Pay (Agriculture). 16.08.1994 103 1952 Maternity Protection (Revised) 106 1957 Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) 107 1957 Indigenous and Tribal Populations 109 1958 Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) (Revised) 110 1958 Plantations 112 1959 Minimum Age (Fishermen) 113 1959 Medical Examination (Fishermen) 117 1962 Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) 118 1962 Equality of Treatment (Social Security 119 1963 Guarding of Machinery 121 1964 Employment Injury Benefits 123 1965 Minimum Age (Underground Work) 125 1966 Fishermen's Competency Certificates 127 1967 Maximum Weight 128 1967 Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits 129 1969 Labour Inspection (Agriculture) 130 1969 Medical Care and Sickness Benefits 131 1970 Minimum Wage Fixing 132 1970 Holidays with Pay (Revised) 134 1970 Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) 136 1971 Benzene 137 1973 Dock Work 139 1974 Occupational Cancer 143 1975 Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) 145 1976 Continuity of Employment (Seafarers) 146 1976 Seafarers' Annual Leave with Pay 149 1977 Nursing Personnel 152 1979 Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) 153 1979 Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) 154 1981 Collective Bargaining 155 1981 Occupational Safety and Health 156 1981 Workers with Family Responsibilities 157 1982 Maintenance of Social Security Rights 158 1982 Termination of Employment 159 1983 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) 161 1985 Occupational Health Services 162 1986 Asbestos Convention 163 1987 Seafarers' Welfare 164 1987 Health Protection and Medical Care (Seafarers) 165 1987 Social Security (Seafarers) (Revised) 166 1987 Repatriation of Seafarers (Revised) 167 1988 Safety and Health in Construction. 168 1988 Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment. 169 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples 170 1990 Chemicals 171 1990 Night Work 172 1991 Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) 173 1992 Protection of Workers' Claims (Employer's Insolvency) 174 1993 Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents 175 1994 Part-Time Work 176 1995 Safety and Health in Mines 177 1996 Home Work 179 1996 Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers 181 1997 Private Employment Agencies 183 2000 Maternity Protection 184 2001 Safety and Health in Agriculture 185 2003 Seafarers' Identity Documents Notes:
1. Conventions 5, 7, 10, and 15 were denounced as a result of ratification of the Minimum Age Convention 138 (1973).
2. Convention 63 was denounced as a result of ratification of the Labour Statistics Convention 160 (1985).
3. Convention 18 was denounced on ratification of the revised Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention 42 (1934).