3. Will Government please state whether any detailed plans and specifications
 for the said Nurses' Home have been considered and- approved by any
 responsible body? If the answer -is in. the affirmative will Government
 please state the name of the responsible body?
Reply: The procedure laid down in General Order No. 305.A was followed in every
 detail.
 4. WilGovernment please state why the Control Price of Sugar has been
 recently increased?
Reply: The price of Mt. Bentinck sugar was increased by /2 cent. per 1b. in view of
 .the increase in the 1951 London Market price by $11.40 per ton, and in
 accordance with'the formula agreed upon by Government in 1947 as the
 basis for fixing future prices of Mt. Bentinck sugar for local consumption,
 namely, the nett London preferential price inclusive of all increases
 together with a fiat additional carrying charge of 12 cents per 100 lb. While
 agreeing that the formula should be adhered to for the 1951 crop, entailing
 an increase of 50 cents per 100 1S. Government has notified Messrs. Mt.
 Bentinck Estates Ltd., that they propose to review the question in
 consultation with the Company's representatives, after two or three months
 with a view to adjusting the existing formula for fixing future prices to
 meet present conditions.
 5. Will Government please state whether this increase was ever fully discussed
 by the Control Board?
 Reply: Since Government fixed the existing formula in 1947 it was not necessary
 to discuss the increase with the Prices Control Board.
 6. Will Government please state how soon the Public Works Department
 intends to do the proposed improvements to the drain at Calliaqua for the
 purpose of relieving the customary flooding in this area?
 Reply: Work on the improvements is proceeding.
 President : I now call upoi the Honourable Crown Attorney to move the first
 motion standing in his name.
 Honourable Crown Attorney: Mr. President, Honourable Members, I have
 the honour to move the following motion standing in my name :-
 That this Council approves the Order cited as the Department of Labour
 (Industrial Workers) Order, 1951, made by the Governor in Council under section
 5-(1) of the Department of Labour Ordinance, 1942 (No. 14 of 1942), on the 13th
 day of March, 1951.
 This is a. new Order. Hitherto there was no distinction between an agricultural
 labourer and an industrial worker. The Labour Commissioner has advised that to
 comply with the International Labour Convention it is necessary that some
 distinction should be made- between the two categories, and this Order seeks- to
 make that distinction.
 Honourable Colonial Treasurer : I second the motion.
 Question put and agreed to.
 President: I now call upon the Honourable Crown Attorney to move the
 second motion standing in his name.
 Honourable. Crown Attorney: Mr. President, Honourable Members, I, have
 the honour to move :