HC Deb 26 February 1996 vol 272 cc323-4W
Mr. Elletson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment Her Majesty's ambassador to Bonn has made of Germany's ability to maintain its current level of social welfare provision over the next 20 years: and if he will make a statement. [16307]

Mr. David Davis

Due to the many factors which have to he taken into consideration, such an assessment is impossible to make. It is up to individual states to establish their economic priorities.

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