Government's record on health services
1927-09 1927 1920s 11 pages - 10 - Three years have been at the disposal of the present Tory government, but the attitude of the Home Secretary has been one of broken promises and studied neglect. After a definite promise that the Bill would be circulated last year and included in this year'...
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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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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/0900208E-1329-4EB8-9FF4-3B69F8919261 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/985ABA51-620E-4BED-AD05-1726A7BA4C68 |
| Summary: | 1927-09
1927
1920s
11 pages
- 10 - Three years have been at the disposal of the present Tory government, but the attitude of the Home Secretary has been one of broken promises and studied neglect. After a definite promise that the Bill would be circulated last year and included in this year's legislation the Session has come to an end, without any steps being taken. In view of this neglect Mr. Henderson reintroduced the Factory Bill which he introduced during the term of office of the Labour Government. The Tories have also introduced a Draft Bill but give no indication that they intend to proceed with it. The Tory Bill falls far short of Labour’s proposals. There is no provision for the abolition of night baking, shuttle-kissing and artificial humidification, the compulsory 24 hours weekly rest period, the compulsory provision of washing facilities and clothes drying, or the rigid limitation of overtime for women and young persons. The overtime clauses of the Tory Bill are even worse than in the existing law. Overtime allowed for women in non-textile factories is to be increased to 150 hours per year, as against the present law which fixes a maximum of 100 hours per annum. Despite the weak character of their Bill the Government appears to have been terrorised by the employers’ Associations and have not the courage to go on with it, despite the promise of the Home Secretary, who on March 26, 1926, told the House of Commons - "I am therefore authorised by the Prime Minister and the Government to say that I will introduce the Factories Bill. .. That Bill will be one of the principal Government measures of next year (1927) and we will do our utmost and ask the House to pass it into law. That is the categorical statement I have been asked to make in regard to the matter."
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