HC Deb 07 March 1967 vol 742 cc236-7W
58. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an assurance that no commitment to enter the Common Market will be made without safeguards for meeting the increase in the price of food for non-tax payers and those who cannot draw on social service benefits.

Mr. Callaghan

If Her Majesty's Government joined the European Economic Community they would need to decide at the time, in the light of all the relevant circumstances, whether any resultant rise in the cost of living called for special action in relation to taxation or social security policies.