HC Deb 09 May 1995 vol 259 c562
Q7. Mr. Waterson

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 9 May. [21652]

Mr. Newton

I have been asked to reply.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave some moments ago.

Mr. Waterson

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the VE day commemorations throughout the country at the weekend were extremely moving? Does he also agree that we have had 50 years of peace in Europe because this country has maintained strong defences, and has refused to listen to the voices of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament members and sympathisers in the Labour party?

Mr. Newton

I agree with my hon. Friend on both counts. As I said earlier, the celebrations themselves were an outstanding and impressive success; and there is no doubt that the fact that we were able to have them rests on the firmness of this country's defence policy over the years—a policy that has frequently not been supported by the Labour party.