§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in view of the fact that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was brought into being to protect Europe against Stalin's expansionist threat, and since that threat no longer exists as shown by the Johnson-Kosygin conference, if he will reduce Great Britain's North Atlantic Treaty Organisation commitments below those suggested in Command Paper No. 3375, page 2, paragraph 4, which will achieve foreign exchange savings of only £5½ million from a defence expenditure of about £2,000 million; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MulleyI have nothing to add to the White Paper which is to be debated today.