HL Deb 23 February 1993 vol 543 c13WA
Lord Tebbit

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will describe the mechanism by which the social charter becomes applicable in the United Kingdom in the absence of the social protocol of the Treaty of Maastricht.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

We did not sign the social charter. It is not applicable in the United Kingdom. We do not intend to sign the charter.