HC Deb 06 December 1977 vol 940 cc1104-5
7. Mr. Litterick

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will pay a visit to the SAS training establishment at Hereford in the near future.

The Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Army (Mr. Robert C. Brown)

My right hon. Friend has no plans at present to visit that establishment.

Mr. Litterick

Will the Minister make some effort to allay the disquiet felt by Labour Members about the fact that the facilities available at Hereford are apparently available to members of the Indonesian Armed Forces? Can he reassure the House that this is not so?

Mr. Brown

There have been no such facilities for training with the SAS at Hereford.

Mr. Shepherd

Will the Minister take this opportunity of paying tribute to the unstinting service given by the members of the SAS, serving in no fewer than 32 different theatres of war over the 30 years since the end of the Second World War? Will he take this opportunity to make such a tribute unstintingly and in public?

Mr. Brown

I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's remarks. I give without qualification unstinting praise for the service that the SAS gives to this country.