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The Committee regarded these recommendations as being of importance, and hoped in particular that the Governing Body would regard the question of inspection as of urgency and would place the question of labour inspection on the Agenda of an early session of the Conference with a view to the adoption of a draft Convention. The adoption by all countries of an adequate standard of inspection was a matter which should lead not only to a better implementation of ratified Conventions, but also to the establishment of conditions which would lead to an earlier ratification of unratified Conventions than would otherwise be possible. Certain suggestions for improving the position as regards the ratification and application of Conventions were made in the course of a general discussion in the Committee. The suggestions were :— (1) Establishment of a procedure that would enable a Government, after application to the International Labour Organization, to ratify a Convention, even if its legislation did not conform to that embodied in the Convention, on condition that this legislation has been found to be of an equally high level from a social point of vier by an appropriate organ of the International Labour Organization : (2) The practicability of framing regional Conventions : (3) The possibility of allowing of ratification of a Convention by stages : (4) That, before a country is permitted to ratify a Convention, its national law should bo brought into conformity with it: (5) That these and other similar suggestions might suitably be considered by a special tripartite committee, or that they might be specifically considered by the Committee of Experts. The report of the Committee was adopted by the Conference. VOTING RECORD OF NEW ZEALAND DELEGATES The record of voting on matters adopted by the Conference by New Zealand delegates is as follows : — (1) Recommendations concerning income security — Eor . . . . 92 (including Messrs. Taylor and Allerby) Against .. . . 4 (including Mr. Butland) Abstentions .. 6 (2) Recommendations concerning income security and medical care for persons discharged from the Armed Forces and assimilated Services and from unemployment— For .. .. 100 (including Messrs. Taylor, Turner, Butland, and Allerby) Against .... 0 Abstentions .. 4 (3) Recommendations concerning medical care — For . . • 76 (including Messrs. Taylor, Turner, Butland, and Allerby) Against 6 Abstentions . . 23 (4) Recommendations concerning minimum standards of social policy in dependent territories — For . . 88 (including Messrs. Taylor, Butland, and Allerby) Against . . . . 0 Abstentions . . 15 (5) Resolution concerning the placing on the Agenda of the next session of the Conference of the question of dependent territories (supplementary provisions) — For .. . . 100 (including Messrs. Taylor, Butland, and Allerby) Against .. .. 0 Abstentions .. 3 (6) Recommendations concerning employment in the transition from war to peace— For .. .. 102 (including Messrs. Taylor, Butland, and Allerby) Against .. . . 0 Abstentions ~ 0 (7) Recommendations concerning the employment service— For .. .. 100 (including Messrs, Taylor, Butland, and Allerby) Against .. .. 0 Abstentions . . 0 (8) Recommendations concerning the national planning of public works— For . . . . 102 (including Messrs. Taylor, Turner, Butland, and Allerby) Against .... 0 Abstentions . . 0 In addition, record votes were taken on the following matters : — (a) On an amendment by Mr. Tomlinson (Government delegate, British Empire) to the first report of the Social Security Committee— For .. .. 14 (including Mr. Butland) Against .. . . 68 (including Messrs. Taylor and Turner) Abstentions . . 0 (b) On report of Committee on Social Policy in Dependent Territories— For . . . . 81 (including Messrs Taylor, Butland, and Allerby) Against .. .. 0 Abstentions .. 0 (c) On report of Employment Committee— - . For .. 88 (including Messrs. Taylor, Butland, and Allerby) Against .. .. 0 Abstentions .. 0

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