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*La/Co Mr. John Rankin (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why it is his policy that hours of work in the clothing industry among the dependent territories should be a matter for collective bargaining and not for regulation on an international basis.

23rd June 1969

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It is my policy, as it has been that of my predecessors, to

promote the establishment of internationally acceptable labour

standards in the dependent territories. To this end, these

territories have been encouraged to work towards the regulation

of hours of work in the clothing and other industry either through

collective bargaining or through legislation, as may be appropriate

in the local circumstances.

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