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8 December 1976
Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employers in Hong Kong have been prosecuted for employing children below 18 years of age in dangerous trades in 1975 to 1976 to date.
No W12
MR EVAN LUARD
The employment of any female persons of whatever age or of male young persons below 16 years of age in any dangerous trade is prohibited except with the written permission of the Commissioner for Labour. There were no prosecutions against employers during the period in question.