§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government will now sign and initiate the ratification procedure for the European Code of Social Security and Protocol thereto concluded in the framework of the Council of Europe.
§ Mr. WhitlockThe United Kingdom representative deposited the instrument of ratification of the European Code of Social Security on 12th January, 1968 The Code was presented to Parliament and published as Cmnd. 3871 on 13th February, 1969.