Government's record on health services
1927-09 1927 1920s 11 pages - 8 - Factory Legislation Perhaps of all the great Government Departments in the present Government, the Home Office has been most mischievous and least helpful. As regards one of its principal functions, Factory legislation, its neglect has been obvious. Factory legislat...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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September 1927
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| Summary: | 1927-09
1927
1920s
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- 8 - Factory Legislation Perhaps of all the great Government Departments in the present Government, the Home Office has been most mischievous and least helpful. As regards one of its principal functions, Factory legislation, its neglect has been obvious. Factory legislation as a protection for the worker and an aid to industrial efficiency is very much out of date and require to be amended in the light of developments in industrial processes and methods and brought into line with the improved knowledge of health and safety conditions, the more enlightened view of the regard which should be paid to the welfare of the worker, and the incorporation of the Conventions to which this country has given support at the International Labour Conference of the League of Nations. Moreover, the existing factory laws are distributed over many Acts of Parliament, and they need to be consolidated. During the time of the Labour Government, the then Home Secretary introduced a consolidating and amending Bill. This Bill not only consolidated the existing laws, but also provided for bringing within its scope workers previously outside the factory law. Protection was to be extended to those engaged in the Building industry and on works of construction, and especially to meet the dangers encountered in deep excavations. The distinctions between factories and workshops and between textile and non-textile factories were to be abolished. It was also provided that, in works where men only were employed, health provisions relating to ventilation, temperature and sanitary accommodation were
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