HC Deb 29 April 1980 vol 983 c431W
21 Miss Joan Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made in persuading the EEC to extend medical cover to all children born in an EEC country to parents permanently resident there.

Mr. Prentice

Entitlement of a child to medical cover is, under the EEC social security regulations, at present related to the entitlement of the person upon whom the child is considered to be dependent. As regards extension of these regulations, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to her on 25 March.—[Vol. 981, c.482.]