HC Deb 12 April 1989 vol 150 cc553-4W
20. Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of state for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now make it his policy to support the social dimension in European Community affairs.

Mrs. Chalker

It has always been our policy to ensure, by avoiding unnecessary regulation, that the single market programme generates additional economic growth, and so more jobs.

31. Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response he has made to calls among the United Kingdom European Community partners for greater emphasis on the social sphere in the run up to 1992.

Mrs. Chalker

We strongly support the single market programme, which, by reducing barriers to enterprise, will mean higher economic growth, and so more jobs.