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The Committee notes the Government's third report as well as the attached comments made by the Trades Union Congress noting the regular consultation on labour statistics.

Article 3 of the Convention. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government concerning the role of the Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee.

The TUC welcomes the cooperation of the Employment Department with the Labour Market Statistics Users Group (LMSUG) concerning, among other things, the issue of unemployment statistics. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to provide in future reports information on the LMSUG activities as related to the application of Article 3 of the Convention.

Article 8. The Committee notes that although no reference is made in the Government's reports, a population census was conducted in 1991, according to the information available at the ILO. It requests the Government to indicate, with regard to the 1991 census: (i) whether the latest ILO guidelines were followed, and the reasons for any departures therefrom (in accordance with Article 2); and (ii) the manner in which employers' and workers' organizations were consulted in designing the concepts, definitions and methodology used (in accordance with Article 3).

The Committee would also draw the Government's attention to the obligations under Article 5 to communicate to the ILO, as soon as possible, the published statistics and the reference information concerning their publication.

Article 14. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide: (i) any information on the developments regarding the collection and compilation of statistics of occupational diseases; and (ii) an indication as to whether it is envisaged to collect information regarding the work time lost by persons injured.