asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report comparative figures to the £1,000 social wage to which he referred in his Budget speech, for each member State of the EEC, giving a breakdown of the components of the social wage figure for each member State.

For a breakdown of the components of the social wage for the United Kingdom I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dorking (Sir G. Sinclair) on this subject on 22nd April. Figures comparable with those used in estimating the United Kingdom social wage are not available for the other member countries of the EEC.