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labour conditions in the Hong Kong rubber and shirt-making industries and I anticipate further enquiries of this nature and further questions in the House. You will appreciate that these queries tend to allege that Hong Kong goods can be sold cheaper than United Kingdom goods owing to the use of sweated labour in Hong Kong.
30 In particular I should be grateful for information on any steps you may feel able to take to expedite the passage of the Workmen's
Compensation Bill, though I am aware from para. 2 of your Telegram No. 395 Confidential that further work on the Draft Bill remains to be done.
SECER.