HC Deb 18 January 1972 vol 829 c123W
Mr. William Price

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate has been made of the cost of bringing British welfare services up to the level of those in the Common Market countries.

Sir K. Joseph

None. There is no standard level of welfare service provision in the Common Market countries, and no basis on which valid comparisons of the overall level of provision in the United Kingdom and the Common Market countries can be made.