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Offices Regulation Bill.
A Bill was introduced into the House of Commons to provide that the
provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, relating to th
health and protection of persons employed in factories and workshops,
shall extend and apply to persons employed as clerks in
offices.
The purpose of this Bill is to bring under inspection offices in which
clerks are employed, by extending and applying the provisions of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, relating to the health and protection
of persons employed in factories and workshops, to persons employed as
clerks in offices.
Street Traders' Bill.
A Bill was introduced into the House of Commons to make provision
for the licensing and registration of street traders.
Prevention of Destitution Bill.
A Bill was introduced into the House of Commons to provide for the more
effectual prevention of destitution and the better organisation of public
assistance.
The Bill embodies such of the recommendations of the Minority
Report of the Poor Law Commission as require legislative enactment. It
does not, however, include all the amendments of the Lunacy Acts or the
Education Acts proposed either by the Royal Commission on the Care and
Control of the Feeble-minded or by the Poor Law Commission, nor yet the
necessary changes in the statutes relating to Exchequer contributions.
Nor does it, save by the grant of the necessary general powers to the
departments concerned, attempt to prescribe the administrative orders and
rules which, in substitution for the present poor law orders of the Local
Government Board, may be found necessary to give effect to the changes
proposed.
The Bill is divided into four parts. The First Part contains general
provisions, together with the establishment of a new department under a
Minister for Labour. The Second Tart provides for the abolition of the