HC Deb 30 March 1971 vol 814 cc1352-3
Q2. Mr. Kaufman

asked the Prime Minister whether he will increase the number of Ministers in the Ministry of Defence.

The Prime Minister

No, Sir.

Mr. Kaufman

That scarcely surprises me. Does the Prime Minister recall his unequivocal pledge on "Panorama" on 2nd February last year that any Government led by him would continue the Labour Government's policy of spending more on education than on defence, and will he say which Minister in the Ministry of Defence is in charge of implementing that pledge in view of the fact, substantiated in the Daily Mail, that in the coming year his Government will be spending £300 million more on defence than on education?

The Prime Minister

I am prepared to look at those figures, but the latest information I had was that the Ministry of Defence is the third spending Department, under Health and Social Security and Education.