§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proposals were put forward by EU member states at the Social Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 23 November.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Chingford (Mr. Duncan Smith) on 24 November 1993, Official Report, column 72.