Equal Treatment Directive

HC Deb 29 January 1990 vol 166 cc33-4W

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the laws, regulations and administrative provisions, whose texts have been communicated to the European Commission under article 8 of the Equal Treatment Directive.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

I refer the hon. Member to the report on the application of directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security (COM(88)769) presented by the European Commission, a copy of which is in the Library. The report specifies the changes made by each member state to implement the requirements of the directive and notified to the Commission in accordance with article 8 of the directive.