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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 contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Articles 7, paragraph 3, 16, 20 and 21, of the Convention. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that no annual labour inspection reports have been published and communicated by the Government. It recalls the importance attached to the publication and transmission to the Office of annual inspection reports containing all the information referred to in Article 21. These reports help provide indications on the problems and practical results of inspection activities, and show how far the Convention's aim of ensuring that undertakings are inspected as often and as thoroughly as necessary is implemented. In this light, the Committee notes from the Government's most recent report that a new labour inspectorate has been established within the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and that a new draft Labour Code applicable to the private sector and covering the requirements of the Convention is being drafted. It trusts this reorganization and the early adoption of the new Labour Code will permit the Government to address the difficulties encountered in ensuring full application of the Convention. It welcomes the information that participants from Kuwait have taken part in courses and seminars organized by the Arab Regional Centre for Labour Administration in Tunis and wishes to underline the importance of providing labour inspectors with initial and subsequent training needed for the performance of their duties. Please provide a copy of the legislation that established the new labour inspectorate as well as a copy of the new draft Labour Code on the private sector, and indications as to the progress made in relation to the above points.