§ Mr. Alexander Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what benefits he envisages will accrue to Scotland, if accession to the Common Market takes place, arising from the Social Fund laid down in the Rome Treaty which can contribute up to half the cost of schemes which promote retraining of the unemployed at present levels.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkOfficials are engaged in detailed discussions with the Commission to establish how the United Kingdom will benefit from the fund after accession, but it is too early to give an estimate of the amount of assistance which will become available to the United Kingdom or to any part of it.