21 March 1979
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La Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool; Scotland Exchange): To ask the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct the Hong Kong Government to introduce at statutory minimum fine at a high level for firms convicted of employing child labour.
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No. It is important that magistrates should be free to adjust the fine to suit the circumstances of each
The maximum enalty for the illegal employment of children in industrial undertakings was raised from
7,000 50 210,000 in 1977 and the average fine has misen founfold since 1974.
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