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Shops (No. 2) Bill.
A Bill to consolidate, amend, and extend the Shops Regulation Acts, 189'2
to 1904. Ordered to be brought in by Mr. Secretary Churchill,
Mr. Masterman, Mr. Herbert Samuel, and Mr. Solicitor-General.
Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 4th July, 1910.
Factoey and Workshop Bill.
A Bill to amend the Law regarding Factories and Workshops. Presented
by Sir Charles M'Laren, supported by Mr. Atherley-JoneK,
Mr. J. M. Robertson, Mr. Snowden, and Mr. Theodore Taylor.
Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 14th March,
1910.
Memorandum.
The object of this Bill is to give greater elasticity to statutory
regulations and Provisional Orders, which at present restrain women's
work, and also to make these applicable to male persons under the age of
21. It provides also for the appointment of women inspectors for women
workers, and restricts the power of the Secretary of State, or President of
the Board of Trade, to prohibit the employment of women.