§ 51. Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will consult her EEC colleagues about bringing forward proposals for harmonising pension provisions and the age of retirement within the Community.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe Heads of Government at their meeting in December 1974 made it their objective to harmonise the degree of social security afforded by the various member States, but without requiring that the social systems obtaining in all member States should be identical. This objective is being pursued through the normal processes of consultation between member States arising out of the functioning of the Treaty of Rome.