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The Committee has noted the information provided in the report of the Government.

1. The Committee has noted with interest that a few renewed collective agreements have included a clause showing an intention to create new wage scales in place of the previous sex-based wage rates. The Committee hopes that, among the measures which might be taken pursuant to the assistance provided by the Office, priority will be given to the removal of the sex-based wage rates applying in a number of collective agreements; and requests the Government to supply full particulars in this regard in its next report.

2. The Committee has also noted with interest from the statistical data supplied in the Government's report that the wage differential between women and men continued to narrow. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information in its future reports showing the relative difference in the average earnings of women and men in the economy.