5. The raising of the age of child labour, with a view to its ultimate extinction.
6. Municipalisation and public control of the drink traffic.
7. Municipalisation and public control of all Hospitals and Infirmaries.
8. Abolition of indirect taxation and the gradual transference of all public burdens on to unearned incomes with a view to their ultimate extinction.
The Independent Labour Party is in favour of adult suffrage, with full political rights and privileges for women, and the immediate extension of the franchise to women on the same terms as granted to men; also triennial Parliaments and second ballot.
THE LABOUR PARTY
has no official programme. A semi-official programme, contained in a statement of its Secretary, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., will be found on page 425 of this book.
THE FABIAN SOCIETY
Basis.—The Fabian Society consists of Socialists.