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Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will deal with the following matters amongst others:

Article 15(c) of the Convention. The Committee notes with interest the provision in paragraph 31 of the Staff Orders that no public officer may without written approval of the Minister make public or communicate to the press or to unauthorised individuals any documents, papers or information which may come into his possession in his official capacity. It hopes that the Government will bear in mind, on any future revision of the Staff Orders, the need to ensure in particular that, as required by the Convention, no intimation as to the source of any complaint is given to the employer.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee notes the information contained in the Annual Report of the Labour Department for 1989 which, however, does not include statistics of either violations and penalties imposed (Article 21(e)) or industrial accidents (Article 21(f)). The Committee hopes that the Government will ensure that these statistics are included in future reports and that those reports are communicated to the ILO within the time set forth in Article 20 of the Convention.