§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his answer of 17 January, Official Report, column 219, if the European Economic Community definition of poverty is accepted by Her Majesty's Government as a definition for use in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe European Economic Community's form of words quoted in my reply of 17 January 1985 at column219, was accepted solely for the purposes of the European Community programme to combat poverty. In this country we have no generally accepted definition of poverty.