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'In effect this means that our labour
legislation should be at least comm" rable to that of our principal competitors. I do not
believe that Hon Members would believe it
right that we should aim at providing our 4workers with less protection than our principal competitors give to their workers. Nor could we defend a lower standard
internationally or against the background of
the sort of society we are trying to build. This is a field in which we have made
substantial progress in the last six or seven years, but there is some way to go before we reach the standard we have set. Nevertheless,
I am sure
In view of the reference to a "standard" in your paragraph 7, I suggest that the second sentence in your original paragraph 6 should be amended as follows:
"Your Government has concluded that we should set ourselves the target of achieving standards relating to conditions of employment, health and safety, as well as
of education and housing, comparable to the best equivalent in neighbouring countries whose stage of economic development is
similar to our own."
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