§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to require the funding in each member state of(a) social security costs and (b) state pension costs under the budgetary and expenditure arrangements of the Community. [27771]
§ Mr. HagueNo. The Government believe that member states should remain responsible for the funding of their own social security and state pension costs through their own budgetary and expenditure arrangements.