6th April 1970
*La/Co r. John Rankin (Glasgow, Covan): To ask
the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, that further consultations, and with what result, he has had with the Government of Hong Kong on the matter of employing women on night-shift work.
No. 50
MR. EVAN LUARD
I explained in the answer I gave to my
honourable Friend the Member for Farnworth on
2 March that lier Majesty's Government were
satisfied that some night work "nder strictly
controlled conditions could be accepted.
Of the twelve applic..tions received since March
1st, when the scheme which I then described came
into operation, two have been granted and these
224 govor 224 adult women in cotton spinning and
weaving factories.
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