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Parliamentary Unit
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION:
HONG KONG
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22 MAR 1974
HKK 5/26
APPLICATION OF ILO CONVENTIONS TO
1. Mr James Sillars MP (Labour, South Ayrshire) has put down
a Question for written answer on 20 March to ask the Secretary of
State if he will list the ILO conventions fully operative in the
UK, but not fully operative, or only partially operative,
respectively, in Hong Kong. The easiest way to answer this is to
list the conventions which apply in the UK and the extent to
which they have been extended to Hong Kong.
2.
I submit a draft Reply, which is based on information provided
by the Overseas Labour Adviser and agreed with Gibraltar and General
Dept. The latter have obtained the general concurrence of the
Department of Employment, which is the Department responsible
for matters arising from HMG's membership of the ILO.
3. I am afraid that the length is unavoidable from the nature
of the question. Since, however, we know that this subject is a
matter of considerable and continuing interest to Mr Sillars and
possibly to some other MPs, I think it is as well that it should
appear in full in Hansard.
4.
Because this is a factual answer and in view of the shortage
of time, Mr Youde has agreed that it should go direct from the
Department to the Parliamentary Unit.
Des
A C Stuart
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.
20 March 1974
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