§ 19. Mr. Shinwellasked the Minister of Defence how many military and civilian staff will be transferred in the current year from the Service Departments to the Ministry of Defence under the scheme for the reorganisation of defence.
§ Mr. ThorneycroftThe lot, Sir.
§ Mr. ShinwellWill this streamlining, co-ordination or effective co-operation—all terms which the right hon. Gentleman has used with reference to the scheme for the reorganisation of defence—mean that more staff will be employed at the Ministry of Defence and in the three Service Departments or that fewer will be employed?
§ Mr. ThorneycroftThe difference is about 70 between 1st April, 1964, and 1st April, 1963.
§ Mr. ShinwellMore or less?
§ Mr. ThorneycroftSeventy more.