§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what definition of poverty is used in the European Economic Community programme to combat poverty.
§ Mr. WhitneyFor the purposes of the Council decision on specific Community action to combat poverty
the poor are taken to mean persons, families and groups of persons whose resources (material, cultural and social) are so limited as to exclude them from the minimum acceptable way of life in the Member States in which they live(Article 1.2 of Council document 85/8EEC).