§ Mr. Welshasked the Prime Minister why the United Kingdom Government again blocked the passage of the European Communities directive on parental leave.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the replies which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Crayford (Mr. Evennett) on 18 December 1985, at column 188, and to my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Mr. Forman) on 25 June 1986, at columns 157–58.