§ Mr. Laneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the negotiations to enter the European Economic Community can be successfully concluded on other terms, whether Her Majesty's Government would accept the commitment under Articles 117 and 118 of the Treaty of Rome to co-ordinate social policies with other member countries with a view to the harmonisation of the living and working conditions in the member states in an upward direction.
§ Sir K. JosephI would refer my hon. Friend to my reply to a similar Question178W from my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr. Kenneth Clarke) on 6th April.—[Vol. 815, c. 61.]